Trip (Notevember 2022, #7)
Forgive me for a moment if I’m cynical
I doubt that our civilization will reach its pinnacle
We would need a miracle to save us from this madness
Hot mess
Fewer getting richer
More and more of us have got less
Revolutions start over a lot less
Why not this?
Sorry, I don’t buy the pep talk, like “We got this!”
The Amazon is up in smoke
Amazon is up in stocks
The US is a joke
And democracy is on the rocks
Folks with the most refuse to be taxpayers
They say they aren’t robbing us but I still have to pay up
Rules are for the little guy and not the big players
Crime is going down but anxiety is way up
Spineless would-be leaders offer only thoughts and prayers
See the rise in profits, I can’t blame the doomsayers
It’s not looking up for me, I’m looking for a way out
I could use a day out
I wanted to fly
But I ain’t ever gone so far before
Travelling high
And now there’s no horizon anymore
I believe in people, not so much in humanity
Not that we are evil, but we seem to chase calamity
Got a strange capacity to tolerate mendacity
Insanity, so many of us worship moral bankruptcy
Criticize a clown and crowds will claim you’re into calumny
Truth is their new devil and the Devil ain’t their enemy
Pissing on the piety that they proclaim they still possess
Wishing their society would walk out of the wilderness
They refuse to pay their dues, they just want to bill the rest
They don’t want to heal the world, they just want a slow regress
Claiming both that they are blessed and that they are the most oppressed
Point the problem out politely – pissed them off, how they protest
There’s a lot of flak I caught expecting much less so
Bit a habanero ‘cause I thought it was a fresno
Things are heating up, it ain’t getting addressed, though
This place is a mess, so
Let’s go!
I wanted to fly…
Power is a pickle when people prefer populists
Loyalties are fickle and no one believes optimists
Trolls manipulate the polls, cheaters seem to top the lists
Now the new normal is to nominate a nativist
I am not naïvely expecting an altruist
But how are we not electing someone who wants us to coexist?
Feels like fiction is the only place to see a hopeful twist
Half a generation disillusioned, you get the gist
Maybe if we pulled together we could alter our fate
But how do we pull when choking on the halter that is hate
I know I should do my bit, but I’m convinced it’s too late
But if you’re champing at the bit, please don’t hesitate
Go and be a hero, get your costume and your cool cape
You can fight the good fight, your heart is in good shape
I am too exhausted to do anything but put on tape
My desire to escape
I wanted to fly…