So You Want the Truth

no secrets have been hidden
there are no more
the dead of war are exposed
feel the burning rot on your nose hair
now
the politicians publicly give the finger
there are no more secrets
watch
your parents no longer use protection
everything is rated mature
see beneath the muppet mask
every hand unwashed
ask a question
expect the truth
there is no sewage system
no lever to flush
can you handle this?
watch your neighbors fight in their glass house
watch your professor stare at the girl with the cleavage
listen, child
there are no innuendos
no lead up
no pick up lines
people do it in the bars now
subtlety? none
listen to the shit back up
listen to the president off camera
watch the mouse in the microwave
hold the needle your grandmother uses
watch your border towns
watch your casinos
nothing stays in Vegas anymore
hear the homeless cleaning the windows of your Audi
watch a child kidnapped
this is truth
watch a mother beaten
watch it with her children
watch it like the television
watch it like an action film
get some action
spread her legs
put it out there
spread the truth
put it on the internet
they want it
do you want it?
no more guessing games
no alterior motives
watch reality television at its finest
the tabloids have nothing new to offer
only truth prevails
do you want it?
or would you rather a fantasy?
watch the racists wear their lynch T-shirts
watch the white hoods marching
and tell me you don’t want censorship
read the homophobe’s justification
and tell me you want truth
listen to growls behind your back
can tell me you want transparency
would it make you cry
what’s your truth in reaction to theirs?
is your skin thick enough?
tell me you don’t need a buffer zone
and I’ll open the closets
I’ll ix nay the sugar
only cream in your coffee
stirred with the spoon of your neighbor’s heroin addiction
tell me you can deal with a cow’s death
and I’ll show you her newborn in a cage
get sexed up in your Abercrombie
ornament yourself in jewelry
and I’ll show you what a gold mine really is
come here, honey
are you sure you don’t like a little dirty lie
hold out your hands
palms up
and put these gloves on
you don’t know where those have been