saturninefilms:

Mtns

I was born a reckless boy
with rocks under his skin
I had books instead of toys
and TV instead of friends

I was born minus a view
a scientist of shapes and hue
but as I aged, I devolved too
All gray once vibrant blue

I stood up to say a pledge
every day to a colored flag
How to be a nationalist
pre-k to eleventh grade

“You would make a pretty soldier
in a casket.” It’s a waste!
Just elect another president
to blast your kids away

The cycle never ends
We never learn from them

From the womb I had a clenched fist
and I punched my way out
What does it mean?  Do I exist?
I’m a floating head full of doubt

But everything is tranquil now
The days all move so fast
Sometimes, you know, I forget how
The days had ever passed

Those summer nights now memory
an anchor in my tooth
From sore gums to jet black sea
Mouthwash still tastes like you

and there’s two snakes in the grass
I grab them by the fangs and eat their heads
They taste like bitter beings never being,
just not dead

Pepper spray them something pretty
so their mouths will be exposed
They’ll take down this whole damn city!
If they don’t, we’ll still foreclose!

Do you think the TV sells you truth?
or that the news is all objective?
We are the glowing square collective.
We are broke and ineffective.
We are trapped by fool’s perspective
and a four-year ill-elective

They only care about you until you can enlist!
Finding ways to sell us shit while we’re lost in slumber
They only care about you until you can’t resist!
and even if you try,  you’re already outnumbered.

From the midwest to the desert
Every ending is the same
The hoarders have their money
and it will always be that way

When even you are censored
and your brain is wiretapped
and they take away your visa
and suddenly, you’re trapped

You are free to be a citizen
that goes to work and sleeps
If you even think of breaking that
they’ll cuff you in the streets

So it makes a young man wonder
What the fuck is all this for?
…nothing, really.  It’s just a trip.
It doesn’t matter anymore.