This is not the Roman Empire
And you sir are no Caesar
Your house can easily be set fire
If you aren't a crowd pleaser
Thumbs down pointed to the ground
Is the verdict of your terms
May history erase the sound
Of your misspoken germs
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Autumnal Equinox
Where all the things that seemed arranged
In colors green turn red and brown
And all fall down around
The trunks of mighty trees,
A constant watcher will see
The gradually shifting season
Being reflected without reason
In the colors. But the yawning dozer believes
It's winter as he wakes and sees the missing leaves.
It's winter as he wakes and sees the missing leaves.
Shiny Metal
Shiny metal badges sheen
and tell you who to trust;
It doesn't matter what you've seen
when nothing can be discussed,
Just keep the engines nice and clean
as hearts continue to rust.
Why do we struggle to power the machines
when the machines overpower us?
and tell you who to trust;
It doesn't matter what you've seen
when nothing can be discussed,
Just keep the engines nice and clean
as hearts continue to rust.
Why do we struggle to power the machines
when the machines overpower us?
Skilled Labor
The pool of skilled labor is quickly dying
Because the products the machine is supplying
Are denying the workers the right to learn
Only providing the right to earn
Enough momentum to make your cog spin
To be a good part of the machine you're in
So long as you don't understand where you stand
That's how the machine keeps the upper hand
Because the products the machine is supplying
Are denying the workers the right to learn
Only providing the right to earn
Enough momentum to make your cog spin
To be a good part of the machine you're in
So long as you don't understand where you stand
That's how the machine keeps the upper hand
The Name
Those who choose to blame
a name
that they're given
on the life that they're living
Have lost sight
that what we write
with every line
is what defines
A name
will be the same
if a title is said
before the pages are read
Instead
let readers be led
through paths of mystery
with different histories
Where names are assigned
by the changing times
instead of being resigned
that the times are defined
By names
that stay the same
and stand in plain sight
and block out the light
Casting long shadows
until everyone knows
the tune
and soon
Know nothing else
Hearts beat with one pulse
which gets frantic
then paralyzed by panic
And no one is to blame
because we're all the same
One name that each accepted
without exception
No blame will be uneven
but also no reason
for anyone to believe
in any more to achieve
Than just a name on the side of a building
that all the passersby will
see and exclaim
But never take the time
to stop and wonder why
they needed such a sign
for that name to be defined
Defined, and assigned a meaning
putting limits on being
We are the weavers of what the future will be
spinning together the tales of history
a name
that they're given
on the life that they're living
Have lost sight
that what we write
with every line
is what defines
A name
will be the same
if a title is said
before the pages are read
Instead
let readers be led
through paths of mystery
with different histories
Where names are assigned
by the changing times
instead of being resigned
that the times are defined
By names
that stay the same
and stand in plain sight
and block out the light
Casting long shadows
until everyone knows
the tune
and soon
Know nothing else
Hearts beat with one pulse
which gets frantic
then paralyzed by panic
And no one is to blame
because we're all the same
One name that each accepted
without exception
No blame will be uneven
but also no reason
for anyone to believe
in any more to achieve
Than just a name on the side of a building
that all the passersby will
see and exclaim
'Oh my, what a big name!'
But never take the time
to stop and wonder why
they needed such a sign
for that name to be defined
Defined, and assigned a meaning
putting limits on being
We are the weavers of what the future will be
spinning together the tales of history
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