run around in circles screaming out obscenities
why the hell not
decorum
i suppose
you can drink that away
dance everywhere
you would have walked
if you're wasted enough
or want to be watched enough
liked enough
loved for the sake of love itself
too wasted to care about a straight guys sneer
strange trues litter the landscape of lies
bits of something half-hidden
under scraps of old newspapers and discarded boxes
WE SPEND OUR LIVES BETWEEN DESTINATIONS
passing through cars
ambulances
buses and trains
from one end of a life to another
start out being carried
end up
irritated by the weight of the baggage
travelers of necessity with nowhere to go
hamsters all
we
hail
the wheel
once in awhile
you get what you deserve
a raise or a jail cell
worth becomes tangible
the politics of the moment
ends up holding the only import
in the entire damn universe
the struggles between our personal lives
and our government has never been more raw
always gonna be David and Goliath
just ain't always gonna end in That Old Fashioned Bible Justice
in this country where we tell ourselves the citizens rule
through the voting booths
a rigged game
where New York sells out to a billionaire
who considers the 150 mill he spent to win chump change
and all them voters
chumps
Daley keeps Chicago in control with a mafioso hearted tribe of precinct workers
highly paid alderman whipped into control by a machine that can make or break
The perennial candidates
set up kissing booths
to earn the money to buy buttons/tv ads/lawn signs/private jets, etc...
to earn the money to buy buttons/tv ads/lawn signs/private jets, etc...
the lobbyists line up around the block
expecting tongue
no matter what the hell they had for lunch
maybe not your pet politician
maybe not
maybe not you
maybe
not
maybe
happens if you vote that hopeful vote
gotta be careful who you please with this life
and reckless about who you piss off
Today the politicians are debating a watered down environmental bill
that will have little
to no
impact on the evolution of our atmosphere into corrosive acids
pleasing to the economy and a big fuck you to the future
sacrifice the future on a fiscal altar
cling to that lifestyle
cling to that idea that anyone
who wants to can make it in the states
who wants to can make it in the states
cling to that idea that the corrupt politicians
really have good intentions
really have good intentions
cling to the idea that the corporations
are not raping the world around us
are not raping the world around us
cling to the idea that the population explosion
will not wipe away life as we know it
will not wipe away life as we know it
cling to the idea that the silence of the earth
is her last word on the way we have treated her
is her last word on the way we have treated her
cling to the belief that justice ain't never gonna come knockin'
try to hold on to ancient beliefs
try to hold on to ancient beliefs
that those same writers
would not hold today
the best minds of their times
took into account new science with a hunger
took into account new science with a hunger
The Christians superstitiously run from
20/20 hindsight is going to give us
the truth of what we have done
the truth of what we have done
We will respond
way too late
way too late
25 years down the road
some will admit they were wrong
or their grandfathers were wrong or the times were wrong or....
the only thing we will not be lacking is excuses
the only thing we will not be lacking is excuses
the final reckoning should be hyperbole for fiction writers
not the prevailing goddamn scientific thought
let whatever the hell acre of earth your soul erupted on
decide what you are going to think
fit in, man, fit in
read self help books
to create a game that can get you up in the morning
produce pleasing emotional states
with prayer and song
sink into the zen of the moment
until the sun sets one last time
and those horizons just go away forever
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