Thursday, August 6, 2015

opus (humble ain’t i?)


“Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

- Dylan Thomas

 

“Don’t try to fix me I’m not broken” –Evanescence

 

sick again from too much gin

guess i should switch to scotch

 

like primates tossing fecal matter

words are thoughts we shatter

and toss on a page

 

mother may i ask why

we disengage, live a lie

 

actions speak louder than words

oh, the words i’ve heard

 

but holding me in acceptance?

 

love is a game of chance

a cash advance

we can never repay

 

payments due

will always exceed

accounts received

when everything

is on loan

 

a call to atone

unconditional love

has a contingency

 

everything is urgency

pile on the profits

for a rainy day

 

a rainy day is here

and everyone

is still preparing

 

scorning profit sharing

 

i watch the rain

on the window pane

in a room filled with whispers

 

a haunting mockery of words

that love is an illusion

and loneliness a lie

you won’t learn the difference

one day you’ll just die

 

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