We See It Now

Limp figure, disfigured, head resting in my palm like serving thoughts
On a platter, I watch popular opinion scroll across the bottom of my television screen
In neat font and the syllables are just sounds,
Sentences we can wrap ourselves in;
Fortune Cookie Patriotism, slogans and bringing back the dead
Old fears of socialism, communism, McCarthy is whistling in the grave

We see it now, Murrow, We see it now, Murrow, We see it now.

Run your tongue across the silver side of a blade and hold the blood in your mouth
Till it bubbles out, taste what it is to be alive
Now let that blood drip out, and fall from you in that hourglass logic
It passes and soon you will.

A scandal today is little more then a blowjob, a finger fuck, missionary, reverse cowgirl, and vacations to Argentina
Senators suck each other off on the senate floor while Bankers toss bills down on them,
Then recline on top of plush bailout euphoria

Escapism is that blade against your throat.
Revolting is that blade against their throat.

Hope was picked up by many hands but the weight must have been too much to bear
It dropped, shattered, and the shards of those speeches are now simply jagged talking points

And when you choke on those talking points
You’ll have no doctor to see, no insurance to cover, no lifeline to hold.

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