no more allegories or accusations
tribute stems from
suffering and elation
pointless alliteration

everyday
is a deal with the devil
and
it’s all the same really
there’s nothing new
in this tiresome clue

the clash of smiles
seems to furnish gutted bones
in a never-ending dance
of flawed vitality and liberty
and poverty echoes the myth
of coffeehouses in disdain

red lights
and warning signs
stopping
at all the wrong times
muscles stiffen and relapse
at the thought of divine incarceration

blue street lamps
and steering wheels askew
she drives me
into a diverted sidestep
with a facetious view

no secrets
and so few mysteries left
we are
too quick
and almost always incomplete

taught to be tough
but all we really are is
stubborn
and
i’ve almost forgotten how to have fun

the great shamans chant
in diagonal syndication
offensively
changing the brain
and seeking to reign
over dominant and uncertain futures
i’ve kicked one habit
only to be enslaved by another

clocked and locked
with a misplaced key
working to abate
a certain sense of misery

fictitious
and
malicious
intent
they watch from afar
with quiet eyes
mutating patterns
and ghosting posts
as we are
fed
and bred
to overthrow one another

a beast within
is always waiting
to fight
to fuck
and to kill

insanity
humanity
variations of a familiar theme

but whatever
the cats have all congregated
in chaotic harmony
and have planned to take over
the living rooms of the world

soon my end will begin anew