Orange Empire

I never knew it till it passed

Was always covered in a cast

I was constructed of a cloth

That couldn't last

So now I'm barely blood and flesh

Just an anatomic sketch

Coming to find this may be as solid as we get

Calm

Well that's just what they'll keep me

But what'd it ever get me

But a fumbling peace of mind?

I heard they hunt it down in droves

Something they'll never really know

Guess I was just another stone

They couldn't throw

I sent a letter to the state

That they could not transliterate

And felt the brittle gnashing teeth

Of "it's too late"

Write down and translate

And measure all your mistakes

You can't feel in your new face,

I can't recall the last time I felt so calm

So what?

I caught it on a tripwire

The entire orange empire

And joined in with the crash

And swallowed all the ash.