There was a time
when I could dance at 9 in the morning and
sing about how
someone else
could sing the lyrics of a song
that demanded
a man never go home again
if he could avoid it
without understanding
what the world would be like
to never have to oblige
another man's demands
that I come to a home
that burst itself with enough hate
to render it's womb desolate.
And now there is a time
when I can dance at 9 in the morning and
sing about how
I will never have to
go home again
despite another man animal's demands and
I am beginning to understand
what that world can be like
to never have to oblige
violence for religion's sake and
pretend there is still
something fertile
left twitching
in the shit stained
empty nest.
