all your life
you've been told Boy!
Oh, silly boy! You must must must
absolutely and totally must
think before you speak!
were they so afraid that you'd have
something very clever or heartfelt or beautiful to say
right off the top of your head
all your damn life boy
all your goddamn gift of a life
they growled into your
clever heartfelt beautiful face Boy!
Oh you stupid boy! You thought
life was a joke! Life ain't a joke boy.
were they that frightened
of you being easy with life
-- and life being easy with you back --
were they that envious
of the fun you had
all your friggin' life
all your useless friggin' life
they wanted you to time time and time
time and time and time
until none is spent and none is yours
and you're a mere reflection
of your mind which is
a pathetic slave to the time
until the most fun you ever had
became the twenty bucks
you've found in your jean pocket
and you did time and time and time
just like they said
you did just as they said Boy!
Oh, you good-for-nothing boy! You
just spend your time! Time won't
come back boy! It sure as hell won't.
and all you wanted to say
was but sir oh good sir my dear sir
time might not come back
but i can't pile it up
time ain't no fish sir
i can't pile time up
time is all but you have
in the blink of an eye sir
and i want that blink to be mine
i wanna spend and spend and spend
until time is no more
until i am no more
you wanted to say
but you couldn't could you boy
so you did just as they said
knowing you're right and they're wrong
hating them secretly
(and sometimes evidently)
but you never hated what they said
more than your helpless silence
so you shut up and did just as they said
hating yourself
boy
don't
sun still shines
lights up and up and up
your clever heartfelt beautiful face
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