the mistake of 2000

frankly the noise is intolerable in here
and its not just my tinnitus framing the anger
that flares now there are too many of us
overwhelmed with our greed our need to be right
we tell whatever lies are necessary to achieve
the power and wealth we believe marks success
this scouring high whine is ignored
by famous republicans it is only a sour note
to those democrats who have cast their lines
from the boats circled solely for next quarters
numbers all of them are now dragging the vessel
into the sinkhole stinking of ego and desire
they tell us to fear the world that can exist free
of these motivations the libertarians quack like
insane mallards ready to fly off by themselves
away from the noise away from the great ocean


you trashed us man
with your goofy grin and your stupid plans
your need to stick it to your daddy
you trashed us and left the party in shambles
you got that girl her abortion but us
you just left us here to struggle in the net
the noise is in your ear too
you will hear it ever more clearly
as your end nears
your father he jumps out of planes
but you hide in the texas brush
part of you knows
what is going to happen now
part of you understands
it really is your fault

but we all helped you out
including that saudi punk kid
it is interesting to me how often
the rich kids like diana oughton
and osama bin laden get a bug
in their brains about fixing
the world for other people

and we gave the man our utter trust
but he was always a fuckup and a loser
and now we find ourselves circling
the drain and the guy at the top
gets no help no respect from those
who imagine their desire will make
things better

like a shredded blanket in a music box
the melody of disaster plays
every tuesday they run the test
too late too late I want to tell them
the world is hot now
the animals falling asleep
the treewives disappearing

somewhere there's a one liner
for this situation

perhaps that line about ending
with a whimper

I see the people in their shelters
starving now wondering what happened