i love you mommy

i can hear her rhythmic rocking
from the floor above
the mother in the room upstairs
who has no child to love

she's dillusional, institutional
at the very least, she's unusual
even the rodents give her wide berth
when she hobbles down the hall

her frightened eyes are red and swollen
her hands clutch tight -lest it be stolen
the dirty rag that holds the remains
of a rattered tattered doll

muttering in her intake of breath
moaning with the release
she's found the cure for loneliness
in this building of disease

she cares for the toy as if it were living
the personifcation of selfless giving
a crazy old bird she stands protecting
a mother bear with rabies

should such a soul be locked away?
it's not my job or place to say
but if you must truly interfere
-please don't take her baby

so tired

peace embrace me
for i am tired and i'm bored
give me your eternal sleep
i can't keep living by the sword

how did i ever stoop so low?
i shamefully admit, i don't know
once we drank nectar divine
where did it all go?

the merchants flock around me crying:
'a better life! oh so fresh!'
and yet still i gag- for all all their wares
reek strong of rotton flesh

relieve me of these wretched duties
please turn an ear to my shrieks and groans
redeem me from this waking nightmare
all i want, is to come home

pollution

pollution
seems the whole world is in search of a solution
but i've yet to hear it in a newyear's resolution
pollution pollution

from the butts to the cans to the toxic waste
we've even made a trash can of outer space
from first recorded time
up until modern urbanity

but know it's not too late to turn around
you can bring back eden to your town
won't you do your share
and save the fate of humanity

pollution
to stop the beast, you have to add your contrabution
time to revolt 'gainst the industrial revolution
oh pollution redemption