book of autumn thirst: i mean cruel
[book of autumn thirst]
i mean cruel
tied rag on a broom stick of tricks 1
became the rule; 2
i don’t mean requirement 3
but the list goes: 4
mean, cruel, 5
spleen, gruel, 6
clean, drool, 7
screen, spool, 8
me, you. 9
a highwayman who would’ve 10
scared the kids of your generation 11
was shot dead by a kid of mine. 12
we were lied to, 13
but then so were you, 14
we were occasionally brutalized, 15
but so were you. 16
so what’s the excuse? 17
it seems there’s a spirit 18
of inverted stupidity 19
because we’re bright 20
but then we’re also cruel. 21
the generation skips over 22
noëls and the wolves 23
that trip to the, in the, at the 24
dance (that if it wasn’t so brutal) 25
would really be quite beautiful. 26
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