it’s hard enough
to drown out
my own noise
let alone
the babbling effluent of others
in this auditory jungle
i never saw the fire in my eyes
i didn't have a mirror
i didn't have a cover
i didn't have a plan
just a funny feeling in my gut
a tingle and a buzz in my nut
i look inside and i’m all shut
another broken boredom slut
i never felt the flame in my heart
not a single fuckin thing
i didn't dare i didn't share
i didn't have a single clue
there was no them, no we, no us
no i, no me, no you
i never thought i could be that affected
and so deliriously apathetic
both at the same bloody time
no cares just silly giggles
and some silly fuckin wriggles
getting caught
caught up in a squirm
escape the dream
the curse, the worm
i never really knew i could know
know a me free of doubt
know a me free from pain
know a me free from knowing
and having to do it all again
but still given the option
i’d like to be free once more
completely bindless
beholden to neither
man state or god
nothing to lose
but we don't get to pick
don't get to choose
running blind
with what we're given
crazed and wilded
on the edge living
running for shelter
not running for fame
gunning for freedom
not gunning for game
a proximity pose
a process i suppose
and if it glows
drop it..
.and bail
STAT!
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Brenton F
It's just a token of my extreme - Frank Zappa
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