st.again.

st.again.

Against the current
Against the wisdom
Against the past
Against all patterns

You measure yourself
In pounds of resistance
Sometimes forgetting to tell me
What I'm up against

Common sense
Current science
Folklore, legends
World religions

All this friction
All this tension
With repetition
Suddenly
Becomes delicious

The Underwear Salesman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUF6y7p5yo

you little american

You little american

foreign policy decisions
in the dessert order

racism apparent in
choice of flavors

history of oppression
in the name of your team

conscience of a colonizer
evidenced by your sneeze

making love like
a clumsy army

small talk in a scene
from a hulu series

choosing friends based
on their utility

vacationing like
an olympic team

and you tell me
have the nerve to say

"what does any of this
have to do with me?"

Every Chance

Every Chance

Today was desperate

Tomorrow's out of your grasp

You give it everything you got

Every chance is your last

Memorizing pieces of the plot

Doesn't help with the act

Curtain still comes down

On your sleight of hand

If you could change anything 

You'd ask for a cigarette and a mask

Is that a second line you hear

Every chance is your last

The girl appears

With nothing in her hands

Directing you to the door 

Behind the magician

Feel the cut of the saw

Hear the audience gasp

You're back on the street

Torn by the past

Ordering scotch

Staring at a landscape in France 

Leave a ten dollar tip

Every chance is your last