Why is it -
When I think of you -
I can't remember the song that played -
   - When we met
   - When we danced
   - When we made love

but

I can remember the song that played -
   -When you left me

Reduce institutional ire
Lower the seat from the spire
Soak the electric cubes
Resonating with the rubes
Ice cold otherness
Rich gods aren’t colorless
Not voting for anyone?
Cast two for the fortunate son
Fold away that ego
White discussion veto
Gentleman in morning traffic
Ear assaulted demographic
The velvet rope is fraying
Hear the song playing
Workers new to hauling
May soon cremate the crawling
The victory of segregation
Imprinted on the failed nation
Arrested ****** afflicted
By self-righteous saints convicted
My rejection is uncast
Election contribution passed
Installation working fine
Watching others get in line
The coasts debate solution
Delays victory for the revolution

I thought about this number:

What it means to me.

Strange that we mark it.

There is nothing in life,

So predictable as the clock.

Time still goes one way.

Yet we still are surprised,

Where has the time gone?

The place it's always gone,

Where our eyes are looking.

Invisible and uncompensated
You smile towards the customers
Trying to feel the outside, inside
The culture to which one belongs:
Citizens expect satisfaction
It is also about the quality of life,
    and a sense of community!
So suppress your own feelings,
    to serve others in need.
“Of course it was real dear”
You may have a difficult time
maintaining your dignity
…the show must go on.

Rain from the sky.
Thin skin over changing insides.
Covering banal objects ,
With all their grotesque contradictions.
Holds up a mirror to society,
The man who thought
He was was smart:
Fascination with these subjects,
Reflected in the material.
Today, If you have time for me,
Then I will sing their praises,
Or sound the alarm.

I can be like Nabokov,
Without being like Humbert.
Explore the human condition ,
Without giving into my condition.
I can offer a critical perspective,
Will it be criticized?
Challenge myself & others,
Will I be challenging?
Expose my private spaces,
Not concerning myself with others' privates.
Establish myself.
Be dedicated to my unique style.
Through my art or through my act?
Which will be remembered?

Though he initiated these affairs
It continued until his death, or theirs
The goal: eliminating tradition.
Although it failed this mission
It marked a return to the center
And the end to many a dissenter
Students responded to this call
His doctrine many did enthrall
Declaring the rebellion justified.
Chaos came like a landslide.
Cadres formed throughout the land.
Old governments to disband
Replaced by new revolutionary committees
In all the towns and cities
These split into hostile corps,
Leading many to all out war
This effect intensified after the fall
The fallout touching on all
Until his arrest and execution.
For many this was the last revolution