i will try to write 100 poems in 100 days. even if they're all chamber potty. then i'll write one when i feel like it.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

we sat in silence to listen to the news

thatweknewwascomingsoon
andsoonthenews
thenewswaswe:
we'recuttingthis
we'recuttingthat
andit'scuzthegooseisfat
it'scuzthereain'tnowaytopay
everythingthat'shappeningeveryday
nosirnohownom'amnoway
we sat in silence

we'recuttingthis
we'recuttingthat
andyesit'strue
we'relettinggo
somekindofnumber
whichone?wedon'tknow
justsleeprealsoundly
we'llgetbacktoya

we sat in silence
weheardthenews
notonthenews
butinreallifeviews
andwerealized
maybe
thatthegovernmentwasnotlying:
theirlieswereinfactthetruth.

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