24 Hrs. Ago I Could Breathe/Dec. 11th

God said it's fortunate

how the noose surrounds your neck

Christ says its blasphemy

how the devil is heaven sent

and Hitler painted Christmas scenes

of ice caps on the snow

And I forgot to breathe

24 hours ago

Now that Earth has flipped around

from ozone

to mire

And the last dependable thing

is that my newspaper arrives at five

and I'm on the short end

of the ugly stick

for being fascist

not sure what i believe in

but i'm sure of what i don't

cause it doesn't deserve it

i'm the shiver man here

trapped in your father's ford

in your back seats I'll fuss around

got nothing good to do

except wait alone

home

a gravel road runs beside

a rusty wire fence

the evening sun cuts past

the cracks of public trees

and something moves in the ditch

beneath the weeds

the birds forget to sing

as the tractor roars

fortitude

wants a lie

brace the stock between your knees

like you've done before

put barrel in your mouth

much like you deserve

I deserve far worse

I'm the shiver man here

trapped in your father's ford

in your backseats I'll fuss around

got nothing good to do

except wait alone

so alone

you should have went "wait, wait"

I'm the one you claim to love

yet I'm alone

in your back seats

I will wake up cold

I'm all alone

in your back seats

I will wake up cold

I'm all alone

in your back seats

I will wake up cold

one more step

to turn the hand of god

from divine

to planned

flips upside down

shiver man

you could have jumped in

from the mezzanine

to plunge or fly