I. runnin' around blind & half-dead,
hearin' screams of
off----
off with your head!
if you don't
tow the line,
give all your time
to make a dime
or maybe two,
but never three.
you can't afford no suv
let alone some food to eat?
better get yourself back in that box,
work yourself into a coffin
where there ain't no dreams.
ain't got no time, sonny child,
no time to talk
& let our ideas fuck each other---
keep 'em in your head
till you get that check,
that scrap of paper that says
you sold your soul
but not for rock 'n roll,
something much more hollow
than that has become....
you sold your soul
for a meal ticket & a lobotomy---
now you're free to crank your wrangler
& die a little faster.
II.
box after box &
down comes another
and another one--
one acre of trees won't matter;
there's always more;
nobody'll miss 'em;
there's always the park--
cram the people in like
little identical matches in
boxes boxes boxes
until we all fall down &
catch on fire.
that'll take care of it all,
& they'll all say....
"jolly good,
cup o' tea,
oh golly me,
golly gee,
i'm glad we've got
bush,
god bless him,
to save money,
that man's always thinkin' ahead,
cuttin' our pell grants
so's he can
spend money so nobly
spreadin' democracy.
hee hee hee!
"i'm glad i live in a country
where i'm free to
wave a flag &
forget to think--
nobody's gonna stop me,
oh no,
or our fine
commander-in-chief
will nuke their brains out
ha ha ha------
"wait...
shhh...
did you hear that?
what's that
bang BANG bang BOOM?
oh bush bless god,
i must be dreamin'---
the joke can't be on me!
i'm a patriotic american,
the joke
can't possibly
be on me."
III.
moderate
moderate
there's
Too much of the world
too much
too much
swirling in a frenzy,
shattering unknowingly unwittingly
not so obviously that
too much is never enough....
hahahaha!
i say there are
dolphins being sliced by
ceiling fans.
shatter shard of news broadcast
jabberwock
how many died tonight?
keep your eyes wide
for a slurpee full of
fake fruit
eatin' instant messages &
bombin' baghdad.
Fake fruit on every table!
until the whole world chokes on
plastic freedom &
polyester democracy.
