Light Pollution

Pushing pistons, turning clocks It shines through every window It flies through every flock Eternal, beating, static clock Our hearts count down till the bomb gets dropped Every crack in the sidewalk, every piece of chalk Every bird in the park Every raven, every lark Every piece of trash that blows The wind that howls, the stars that show The mist that glistens, the water heats The furnace belches, the kettle steams That picture you took, where did it go You captured all the light that shows Our only piece of evidence Gone with your fucked-up common sense The stars aligned and I could see God Why must meaning be so meaningless Must living be so frivolous Tied to our mortal coil's rape Is death really our best escape The billionaires, they escaped to space They must have met the same fucking fate But all of the satellites Are strung out like tattered kites I cannot see the stars for they all caught blight But I'm not blind, I thought this through It's splattered in the screaming dew What is it with life, what is the point To build a monument, to smoke a joint Racing buses, city flocks Complete your tasks, worship a clock When the seed of life begins to grow Thoughts are thought, thoughts we shouldn't know Stay simple minded, don't be smart Eat the web and throw your darts Stay mundane, don't fall to fate Don't feed the seed of your self hate Kingdoms fall and cities grow Lights that fog the endless show Infinity, it slices wrists It ties the noose, it splits the slits Schrodenger's cat, both dead and alive In this endless, senseless, utopian hive The dreamers are dead The achievers; all gassed Relax, for too much time has passed Just lay down with some gin and forget your sins Swim with the jocks beneath the waves Greet the changing seasons' serenade Be at peace, enjoy your life Fight your wars, write in ink But please insect Don't think, don't think Don't think, don't think