Things I Learned at the Anti-Gentrification Bake Sale

I saw the pearls around Lake Merritt In a riot cop's baton I asked him where he came from He said to keep moving along So I just stood there for a minute Just to see What he would do to me We both saw moving trucks Heading north from San Jose Some punk kids tried resistance Like there was anything to save Somethings are just too big To be seen With the human eye Like a new born universe The rules we've built our cage of And your mother I saw the few, the proud, the finest Far beyond requests for change With nothing now but silence In a tent made of derange "Go get job, mother fucker And quit sleeping in my condo's entry way" We both made proper eye contact Whatever that should mean Like sailors loading cannons At the ending of a dream "Leave me alone, mother fucker And go back to your life of vague mistakes" I'll come back to misery some day But right now I'm content watching the lake The most beautiful girl I know Calls home Creston, Nebraska I've been there once or twice And always enjoyed my time there But she always wants to leave And head back to the bright side of The Bay I consult my calculations To see if I am right or wrong But my calculations equate Into some stupid song About a slower way living That forgets ADHD I'll come back and see the point she makes But right now I'm content watching the lake But the axe just keeps on swinging Hypnotizing as it maims Leaving only pointed fingers And a list of who to blame Still somehow only trusting anyone Who needs a microphone To prove a point But the world was born on fire And there's not much that you can do Except try to love another Make your bed and tie your shoes Or roll out the guillotines And see if that changes anything The revolution will have to wait Right now I'm content watching the lake I'll come back and make the hottest take Right now theres appointments I can't break Reality can wait On me Right now I'm content watching the lake I'm just watching the lake