Thank you Lord for the Flowers
one down two to go
they say here in America
this morning's anxiety-worms
are the standard fare
nobody's calm out there
'cept the Valium kid
and Megaboss lounging
on his pussyskin couch
with the bourbon belly blues
no thought of Chernobyl
the ill wind
the slow obliteration down the drain
and I might never see your face again
slow obliteration now inevitable
billed only second feature
to the final jerk-off
arma arma Armageddon
Death's always had the upper hand
even before Auschwitz
but seldom has leisure been so harried
art that was Sophocles
art that was Shakespeare
now it's Sly Stallone
rehearsing the final jerk-off
the traffic cops are trampling
the lawns of sweet desire
in this century as in the last
the kick-ass boys are boss
and piety
sobriety
with its hari hari Krishna
is just another jerk-off
under the juggernauts
it doesn't feed babies
and we're just picking at the bone
of all that promise
remember we thought
love might endure
before Playboy drowned it
in a sea of tit -
picking at the bone of desire
cankered prick -
to clear the way
for tomorrow's big parade
Star wars promises a bigger bang
everybody gets a condominium
everybody who is anybody
who isn't in the street
along with indifference
Anxiety has gnawed
at my stomach so long
I just don't care any more
I just don't care
I haven't the strength to protest
That's last years song
blowing in the wind
the acid rain
the cedars gone
and I might never see your face again
slow death
slow down
come and sit here beside me
and watch
the final jerk-off
I must confess
I believe in miracles
How else
could we have
come this far
Two down
one to go
hot house ozone winter effect
oil running out
or spilling about
whales dying
in the acid acid acid rain
dioxin food chain
three mile Chernobyl
the more's the merrier
they say
when three is
not a crowd
more love more food
more time more peace
more motor car
The Chrysler The Ford
and The Holy General
God bless America
money's shit
spread it
spread it
natty dread it
chopping down trees
for tissue paper
fax
tall tall trees
tall sacred pines
sacrificed to
this greed
and there ain't no answer
except to start again
come again?
"oh won't you stay.a.a.a
just a little bit longer?"
I see
What?
I said I see that poetry
is just another jerk-off
another peek in the narcissistic mirror
priapus
came again
I said acid
acid acid rain
I said I see
acid delusions
wanked away our chance
one last chance to seize the times
seize the minds
of one little generation
gap
lost the time
for one little positive push
one more try to be the good guys
Hey, excuse me!
get off my fucking waterbed man!
These assholes think
the world still owes them a living
the mortgage is due in Rio
Buenos Aires and Main Street
pay up punk!
Three up
Three down
Cash in your chips
Ronnie Raygun has gone and hit the button
Life's a bad dream
wake up in birdland
Flash.
Burning flesh.
Flash. Pain. Despair.
Game over.
Will eternity trickle on
in a lifeless world?
Bang. Big fucking bang!
Flash. Game over.
Silent city. Finito.
End of story.
(Sighs)
Thank you Lord for the flowers
nice touch that