FREE GIFT ETCHED INTO A RING-PULL
Africa was drowning on a pin head
the world was blank currency
a forgery of breath & articulation
i knew no one
& i should’ve known better
so many pills to push
& not a handcart to be found
the day was a free gift
etched into a ring-pull
you could taste the sugar & aluminium
old school wisdom said
it was all about hatching plans
if you can just get them to believe
it doesn’t really matter in what
the good work was over now
replaced or covered up with
a low grade derision
i took a match out of the box
split it with my thumb nail
and threw a flaming trapeze
into the oncoming high-beams
crapped out & foreclosed
small talk on a minimum wage
Africa drowned on a pin head
and measurements were taken
for an early grave.
Africa was drowning on a pin head
the world was blank currency
a forgery of breath & articulation
i knew no one
& i should’ve known better
so many pills to push
& not a handcart to be found
the day was a free gift
etched into a ring-pull
you could taste the sugar & aluminium
old school wisdom said
it was all about hatching plans
if you can just get them to believe
it doesn’t really matter in what
the good work was over now
replaced or covered up with
a low grade derision
i took a match out of the box
split it with my thumb nail
and threw a flaming trapeze
into the oncoming high-beams
crapped out & foreclosed
small talk on a minimum wage
Africa drowned on a pin head
and measurements were taken
for an early grave.