by shaun lawton
in a disinformational media feeding frenzy
cooperational - no such thing - the logic's backwards -
and we're not cooperating - just coexisting
in a tumultuous barrel not water-tight or waterproof
or even water resistant we're just a soluble solution
from the moment of conception to death's instant
we're apparitions in the midst of dissolution
under the impression we wrote a constitution
to protect our rights to ammunition
when the whole point was to agree
we were made to be equal
and if you think that's weak,
well you're as strong as the most fragile link
all because you think your shit don't stink
if we end up being held by a thread
it better not be you the few the proud the true
the Marines must be more than mere machines
because that fate won't hold our weight
You on the couch with your self fulfilled prophecy, ouch
sign on the dotted line your Mortal Will a fantasy
born of fear and baptized with lies
mark the sign of the cross before you fetishize
and transpose the blood of Christ
with blackened oil slicks among the fast
and furious tricks along the highway to Hell
Oh, well you done cooked it now your Christmas Goose
just another fowl fallen into your trap
your Spider Mother's woven from the purest silk
of imagination and now its still got its grip
on a weakening nation paralyzed inside
its own constricted coils so this is auto-suffocation
endured in our nation amid the polarized extremes
out virtue-signaling each other in a deranged competition
sort of like a pissing contest held by twelve year olds
just waiting for the day the other side folds
when since the beginning we forged a blood pact
to make sure we set aside our differences
and that's a fact set in place long ago
so we can solve our problems at hand
amid a planet full of nations trying
to outpace one another selling their own brand
of culture, goods and services while we champion
freedom dripping with hypocrisy injected by the churches
clamoring for more money and power
so the will of God can claim the hour
when all along the spiritual teachings of every known religion
mirror each other revealing there's no division needed
between people of different race, gender and nation
we could stand to learn from each other
instead of making accusations of cultural appropriation
why on Earth can't everyone see one side
needs the other or we'll never be free?
it's due to deep rooted quantum calculations
too complicated for us to grasp out of hand
which is why we say "let it be" so equilibrium may be given the time
it needs to be achieved and while we wait we grease the wheels
with this thing called faith whether you choose to capitalize it
or not and regardless of how little or much of it you've got left
there's enough to go around and I should know
because I've found the proof every once in a while
whenever a stranger returns my smile.
