the way of orphans and exiles

thrill pills!
cage rage!
scar bars!
muse in the news
and boss on the cross!
from new york to new delhi
rooftop voyeurs leapfrogging to star spangled seventh heaven!

  'america! america!
god shed his grace on thee
and crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea'

nausea! nausea!
politicians of all stripes hustle their wares
armies in armani spit and swear
dogma meltdown
global breakdown
obscene wealth
toxic stealth
business as usual for corporate whores
reflecting fear in the media mirror
as past
future time
seek reason rhyme
in glaring virtual present
vision
revision
collide in symbol
art on the run races madly ahead of the dread

'and the rockets red glare
the bombs bursting in air'

designer labels
celebrity navels
money! money! money!
dollar muscle
profit jocks
reciting beats
hot off streets
good cop
bad cop
razamatazz
bikini clad alto sex jazz
hot tin cats killing time
lies! lies! lies! from fractured minds!

hollywood ending?
good guys winning?
no problem!
am I sure?
sure I'm sure
as sure as there's gaz in my pizzazz
day in daydream
lay in layman
who can tell?
lower the rope
scream out the yell
'six days on rockabilly's broken string'

look! look!
bully boys
white noise
static in the attic
what's cooking in your kisser Mayblene?
I hope it's high up on wishing well
not bourgeois in between
the cream! the cream!
will somebody
anybody
pass me the cream!

spinning spinning
planet spinning
winners lose
losers winning
global billions unawares
all that sacred blinks and stares

WAIT!
a new way opens!

'aux armes citoyens
formez vos bataillons'

TOGETHER  now
destination
EMANCIPATION!

so many insights birthing on our tongues to-day!
flinging flatstone focus
slaps the surface of consciousness
way out there
on the outskirts of imagination
way way out there

'oh canada'

lips burning with vows of passionate fire
irreverent laughter exploding through unhinged brains
growling midnight thunder
igniting deep dark night with electric spirit
primal bodies dancing
leaping
lifting off this heavy earth
flying into the unseen
unspoken
singing smile of destiny
heart of grace
amor fati