Holiday Infections

12/24/07

I know some things are hard to believe,
and some things are almost better off as the nature we assume for them.
This is a reality of butterflies and snowballs,
our common sense in combination with our trust,
and faith as the loaded gun,
but there is so much to believe or disbelieve,
so we fire blanks,
even though at point blank range it still hurts.
It’s more our ego than a flesh wound.
It’s more ringing in our ears than it is a gapping hole.
You got that, my friend?
Every one of us thinks a version of these things,
but only an idiot turns it into a profession.
I make this claim to distinguish between an artist and the damned,
just like you thought you could imitate life.
It was good as a work of fiction until someone is bleeding or dies.
Now do you tell stories or do they tell on you?
If only I had cash for every time someone told me they knew the truth.
Two out of a lot of people would swear on the things they saw,
the rest of us are just majority rule,
something a textbook could keep reprinting.
You would think the revisions were full of added content,
but sometimes you say so much more by omission.
Remember one minus everything,
or was that everything without one?
It didn’t really leave you in stitches,
but right away you were thinking how to shoot it down.
I heard that you should just live your life and keep digging.
If you could smile then you were already rich,
so where is your capital now?
They built a highway and obstructed your point of view.
How much did we trust ourselves just because we had no choice,
even if we knew we would do us wrong?
Remember all those versions of the truth?
Well maybe a genius was just someone with a lot of excuses and a following who believed everything they said.

I know some things get real vague,
and sometimes it has nothing to do with anything,
except you have to deal with it,
or did you think your choices were made in a vacuum?
Yet, it wasn’t uncommon to speak to a crowd and get a better response from a wall.
You were still hoping you never left an impression on anyone,
until you found out the whole world was listening.
How else does everyone know your business?
But what kind of freak show put us on center stage?
I thought all Angels had a game plan,
then again, nothing gets done without producers.
Could camcorders be successful in Hollywood?
Probably not any more than chemicals protect nature.
God told man: “I should be in your heart but one day I will only be in your head.”,
and everyone knows what we do with figments of our imagination.
Go ahead, try and tell the devil its just a figure of speech.
Every symbol was a poison grape,
and snakes aren’t the only creatures that will offer you fruit,
just like Adam knew Eve wasn’t a virgin.
They made their bed so many times that it was obvious.
She must have saw what was under his leaf and got pissed off.
I mean, what could she tell God, there was no such thing as an enlarger back then,
and Enzyte was still thousands of years away.
Why else did the river run red, when they never killed an animal in their whole life?
And suddenly Eve was popping out children,
while the snake protested he had no arms and legs so how could it be him.
Sure Eve gave Adam the apple,
but only after Adam showed it to her.
They must have thought God was dumb.
That’s like buying a circular saw for your wife and she buys you an evening gown.

I know some things should be black and white,
and sometimes blacks and whites get along.
It sounds like a crazy idea,
but you’d be surprised how scared people are about blending the species.
Most racist people just don’t believe we all bleed the same,
the only problem is they’d sooner cut someone else rather than themselves.
Then again, some people just want to be left alone,
and that seems harmless enough,
until they go a bit stir crazy and write a book called Mein Kampf.
Of course not everyone goes for the gusto,
some people just do a lot of coke in the name of science and blame it on their mother,
or two mothers or two fathers.
By the way, I personally researched this myself, and he was right.
I’ll let you decide which one.
Hey, nice try, but never underestimate big business.
Capitalism trumps everyone, yet again,
or was that in God we trust?
That’s because the dollar is green even though the wallet is made out of flesh,
and everyone knows animals don’t count,
otherwise God would forgive their sins rather than ours.
Besides, Jesus herded sheep but died on the cross for us,
so why did he call the people his flock?
And green is suppose to simulate prosperity,
so why is it always covered in blood, I mean red.
Don’t get mad at me, I’m neutral in all of this,
just like the Swiss bank was in World War II,
and just because I don’t have weapons doesn’t mean I won’t shoot.
I had best friends who were Jewish but I wasn’t allowed to eat at their table during the holidays,
and I had best friends who were black but I didn’t marry any of them.
You see, your secrets are safe with me,
but that’s because I only see things as friend or foe.
If you think I’m public enemy number one, you should hear what they say about you.
My life was relatively easy, everyone was trying to kill me.
Now what’s your excuse, I’m sure it’s a good one.