A Throwaway Future

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    This is something i turned my previous poem "Downbound" into. I like this one a lot more.

    A Throwaway Future

    We’ve done it again

    It’s FUBAR I judge

    Tomorrow coming atcha

    It’s all way too much

    Defensively not giving a shit

    But god knows I want to do good

    To talk you out of whatever stupid plan

    And vindicate the terrestrial neighborhood

    But boredom, stress and psychosomatics

    Has got me locked up in an in-between

    And love, I just can’t help it

    Moth-Er-Fuck being Se-Ven-Teen!

     

    And I really don’t feel like showing up

    But I might just do it for you

    I’m a slacker in the making, I’m a diamond staying rough

    The life of a loser could do

    And you know I’m not one for disturbing the peace

    But to these orders I just can’t comply

    ‘Cause I’m feeling all the guilt at the end of the day

    The world’s just a giant sigh

     

    The architects of utopia

    Never had the chance to grow up

    Brace for self-fulfilling prophecy

    And a violent full stop

    I keep dreaming ‘bout, you know, dropping out

    Too busy survivin’ to ever look back

    ‘Cause quite frankly baby, I’m quite fed up

    With always calling the kettle black

    We figure with faulty algorithms

    And reverse-engineer the omniverse

    Preserve the sacrosanct status quo

    I’ll tell you; it’s quite the curse

     

    And I really don’t feel like showing up

    But I might just do it for you

    I’m a slacker in the making, I’m a diamond staying rough

    The life of a loser will do

    And you know I’m not one for disturbing the peace

    But to these orders I just can’t comply

    ‘Cause I’m feeling all the guilt at the end of the day

    The world’s just a giant sigh

     

    Truth be told I’m rather terrified

    That there appears to be no master plan

    Live a day and down a drink, why don’t I

    The weather’s great in the frying pan

    Chasing tail and immortality

    All the while hell freezes

    We all come here in search of peace

    And we leave in despondent pieces

    I don’t sleep too well and it’s starting to show

    Fighting decline with champagne and shampoo

    Now I’m going back to cracking lame jokes

    And we can have cynicism for two

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    MindNumbing commented on A Throwaway Future

    09-30-2010

    NICELY DONE!!! And that's a kick-ass chorus :) The lyrical quality is so well perfected that I actually had a melody in my head as I was reading. You have a gift... your ability to knock this out has floored me. Bravo!

    rsalassi commented on A Throwaway Future

    09-30-2010

    Another page, another poem, another piece, all revealing an as-yet incomplete but still interesting picture. Good write.

    ginga commented on A Throwaway Future

    09-29-2010

    Olsen, I am amazed at how you can use rhetoric to inform and entertain. A fine rant dear sir. ginga

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