I come not to bury poetry,
but to blow it up...
not to dandle it on my knee
like a retarded child with
beautiful eyes,
but
throw it off a cliff into icy seas and
see if the the motherfucker can swim for its life.
because love is an excellent thing
surely we need it
but, my friends...
there is so much to hate These Days.
that hatred is just love with a chip on its shoulder.
a chip as big as the Ritz
and heavier than
all the bills I'll never pay.
because they're after us,
they're selling radioactive charm bracelets
and breakfast cereals that
lower your IQ by 50 points per mouthful.
we get politicians who think
starting World War III
would be a good career move.
we got beautiful women
with eyes like wet stones
peering out at us from the pages of
glassy magazines promising that they'll
fuck us till we shoot blood...
if we'll just buy one of these beautiful switchblade knives...
I've got mine.