Five days a weak we get up early.
We slog out of bed or wherever we laid
when we tired out the night before.

We get in cars and wait in traffic,
waiting to get to our destination
and when we do we find our place to park.

Same spots everyday or at least near to it,
we never have to remember our place
it's muscle memory from car to door and back.

All day we sort of coast on through,
trying not to nap after six hour rests,
we keep up our heads and we go through the motion.

All day we think of where we could be,
what we could do if we only weren't here,
and what we will do when the weekend roles around.

When the clock strikes that time we get up to go home
walk out the door to our own parking spots,
we won't have to search for the car at least.

That same traffic home along the same route
that exit is slow, that light never changes,
just like this morning and yesterday.

And when we get home, it's the same old routine.
Dinner, maybe computer or television,
talk to family or friends maybe.

Then off to bed.
we have to rest up for that long day tomorrow.
think through the list of what we have to do.

Tomorrow will be just like today was,
or at least near the same shade of gray,
your whole day there at school or work.


Either is fine, which did you imagine since line five?
they're synonymous anyway
only one doesn't pay.

But I ask all,
what do we do this for?
We go through the same every day.
Why don't we stop, and enjoy little things?
I'll tell you why, it isn't practical.
We go to school to prepare for college,
college prepares for a job.
A job helps us find our own niche, a career,
to work in for multiple decades.
We may get bored but we have to keep going,
Why? There is 401K.
We need our career to help us retire,
enjoy our last years of life.
We have problems with vision, poor hearing too,
we can't remember things anymore.
Our muscles are gone, our movement has limits,
so many things we can't do.  
So why do we do this societal thing?
School, College, job, career, retirement, death?
There isn't a point anyway,
we compete with our neighbors instead of agree,
it's easier though just to follow,
we don't have to think what to do anymore,
the path was pre-blazed for us all.
Just like our cars,
we won't have to search for what life has to offer,
if we follow the pack and ignore little things.
My advice to all focus on the important things,
taxes, job, money, items, government,
ignore those dumb things
life experiences, fun, free thought, artistry, philosophy,
and what ever you do
Don't ignore societies expectations.
Remember you have to have money to feel fulfilled.
Money and prestige will never be bettered by friends and by life.
The clear path is straight and written in black,
no room for experimentation,
so please, do the human race a favor.
Do not show love or regard for others,
and what ever you do do not think out of the box
that will get in the way of success.
Follow the path where you don't have to think.
The one that society drew.