Self As Hallucination
their councils priced themselves
straight out of the mystery market
elevation via will power gone idiotic
still overrated by all the cackling heads
of all the universities
deluded that they count for something
the professors rushed out into the night
tearing at their eyes
in another circus chainsaw lobotomy
yes a complete description
as I pulled the stake from my heart
heaven is probably not an office job
no f-words but maybe x-rays
setting my hoochie coochie ass on fire
I guess you gotta be your own angel
guide yourself it's that simple
and have the dignity of a learner
lemme know how that works out
sadist radar bastards
bought me a week in a Gitmo cage
they slap your wrists and take your legs
with their grandiose fanaticism
wanted my Swiss bank account number
the hole in his head said hello
don't make me shout
over the din of your inner Wurlitzer
running like rats on a carousel
thanks to the beautific potential of things
somewhere out there is another Einstein
on I-5 near the cattle pens
we all want the authentic
but where does the aversion come from
if education is the wealth of a people
trying to end the reign of hairsplitting
and escape the labyrinths of doctrine
you'll be weeping for the human race too
with a tentative grasp of self
high as a kite but driving a straight line
through the headlights of truckers
going for broke why not the game is rigged
waste no time on the miraculous
more than one kind of perfect obviously
if we never slept it would be different
floating above the flames of memory
yes sometimes the call of the wild
is marginally somewhat overwhelming
to the higher cognitive deltas
made me wonder about the sheaves of wheat
that I kept in my Conn Bluenote
at last it came to a standstill
right now is freedom right now
From "Engine of Didactic Beauty" available on Amazon
http://tinyurl.com/nhfk6dr
Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2017
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