Go Right Ahead

I stab at thee

John Lennon

of course

it would be fucking nice

to imagine a thing is easy

to do the thing is hard

to tell someone to do it is easy

to help someone do it is hard

to tell someone they need help is easy

to sit there with them is hard

it’s hard to sit with your mistakes

is that why it’s hard for this generation to sit with their children?

at 33 rotations-per-minute we were  told we were on a  better track

I was told this is what we used to worry about

then we come home

to this

charlatan patriotism

blasphemers of the law

killers of my friends

killers of my lovers

killer of me

beware, dreamer

for the awoken see your fear

smell it thick like body grease

thick like iron blood rust-stained water

like that which was once inside and shoulda stayed

you go on ahead and imagine whatever the fuck you like

we’ve got another top 40 corpse for your table

the times they are a’ changin’