Better to have loved than not
Better to at least have aimed
Splendid is the heart let go
Still all flings pan out the same
Better to have won than lost
Better to at least have strove
Sterling is the life made full
Still each turn's a treasure trove
Better to have lived than not
Better to at least have tried
Stellar is the life well lived
Still all runs are worth the ride
The Great Experiment has failed
Its tenants deftly hypnotized
One nation now divisible
By party lines thinly disguised
The democratic dream has died
Its ruling classes doubling down
One fair republic torn by greed
That stood its omnipotent ground
The patriotic pledge has tanked
It's promise flunking freedom's test
Once an unconquerable land
Now gaga as a cuckoo's nest
Their empathy's mangled by tangled sympathy,
and worn-out compassion wears torn gratitude
Aggression's higher than their lowest grammar,
envy's taken what well human beings will give
We played the wrong sport
A tragic bad turn
Sidelined by defeat
Bad move razor burn
We tumbled like weeds
Of dry delusion
Shortsighted by fate
In purblind fusion
We played the wrong sport
A dire crash-landing
Still walking away
Gimps in good standing
Please don't join them, and beat them when you can
as more extreme and radical 'tis better for kind man
a human culture homicidal 'tis Earth's suicidal bane
so please help us stop them, as status quo's to blame
The stars align and bring to life
The elements in human cells
A gang bang of atomic charts
Where enigmatic matter dwells
The supernovas intermix
The particles in earthborn bonds
An orgy of cosmic delight
Where nature governs magic wands
The plasma puts out mystically
The stardust bursts in chemic charm
A ravishment of molecules
Where atoms never buy the farm
My recipe of cells: A full array of molecules and atoms
this tasty dish invested swell in times of up and at 'em
life's predigested ingredients used over and over again
nibble here, morsel there, all product shall soon lessen!
How to die, hence, to fade
Ways to gamely give out
Pick a card, last bet made
With a grin or a pout?
How to die, hence, to part
Ways to proudly play out
Glass half full, heavy heart
In a predestined rout
How to die, hence, to leave
Ways to bravely bow out
Strike the set, time to grieve
No more clout in the shout
How to die, hence, to go
Ways to chastely check out
Tough to say, hard to know
When kismet is in doubt
You can't win if you don't play 'tis such a pile of crap
the play's the thing, free for all, right here in our laps
but you deny I'm playing now and tell me I'm a loser
yet the one thing I have to lose 'tis absolutely you sir
Our culture 'tis the cancer,
our cancer spreads so fast
Cancerous are our futures,
long as these cultures last
Death is looming looming looming
Death is waiting waiting waiting
Death is steady and consuming
Death is all about the gating
Death is smiling smiling smiling
Death is laughing laughing laughing
Death is daffy and beguiling
Death is all about the gaffing
Death is calling calling calling
Death is coming coming coming
Death is stony and appalling
Death is all about the numbing
We are the problem with the planet
We are the rabblement gone haywire
We are on the road to extinction
We are the next species to expire
We are the advocate in devils
We are the rank and file run amok
We are on deck for devastation
We are the next dry run out of luck
