Presque Happy?

as we embrace the thoughts of tonight's dreamless sleep

promise me the sun will rise again

promise me, my love

that life is more

not an empty journey

*

the man with shoes,

leather bound with a shine

"one caveat, one caveat," he said

as he sold his shoes for position

"life is not an empty journey

with prominence and position"

*

he was sold, he was sold

he was sold on the ideal

the ideal of "status"

the classist lie of "success"

emptiness of "excess"

*

just enough, just enough

we're never told

never enthused

"you're nothing unless

unless you're something"

1% from 100% is not the quo

*

Quo Vidas, in alio feriae

your escape from the noise

aliam domum,

alius rusticus domum suam

protection from the stench

procul ab urbe,

magnus fumus, magnus caseus

your escape from the noise

ad XCIX cento, illotis, pauperis

protection from the stench

*

the man of status who decries

"the unambitious"

with shiny new shoes, teeth

in his rural stately home

of dull grandeur, quiet contempt

for true grit and honesty

the man who dies, rich

Presque happy, but is he?

*

Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: So this stream of consciousness thing came from the first line which is taken from the song "Washer" by the might post-rock band Slint. I also paraphrased a line from "A Hero's Death" by Fontaines D.C. Oh and Presque, because I heard the word in "Nearly Daffodills" by English Teacher. All links below.

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