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Lately I’ve been thinking about Tablecloths and teetering mortgages Turtlenecks and immense debt The mail toy catalogue and screaming orphans Over black coffee and gray sausage patties Pale eggs and dark red nosebleeds Subscription services and crumbling tombstones Isn’t life great? They tell you Save your money and die young Buy young and die young Find love and die young Thats why they call it work and die young Watch your cholesterols and die young I don’t ever leave my house The next useless trinket arrives on my doorstep The parcels folded plastic corners Conjures blood into a throbbing ******** Under layers of plastic the bauble shimmers I clutch it to my chest and weep Sickly sunlight filters through yellowed newspaper Pasted to my windows in a haughty patchwork I drag my fingernails across the crown moulding I haven’t seen the sun in weeks I watch the news everyday for hours Smoldering rubble and porcelain smiles Did you know people are dangerous Especially the ones that you’ll never meet? Isn’t life great? They tell you Limited time deal and die young Vote for me and die young Good investment and die young Be on time and die young “What’s your plan?” and die young Sell high and die young I stage my house like a magazine cover Perfect angles and subtle shadows Spotless floors and sparkling counters I kick the dog every time it sheds I have a stockpile in my basement Of exotic arms and ammunition Fantasize about justified ****** The woman on the news calls me handsome in my interview I never answer my own questions I watch videos of other people do it for me Spend the time I save staring at the wall and blinking Waiting for the next package to arrive I lay on the floor feeling the vibrations From the nearby highway traffic Potential threats and screeching tires Like desperate wasps before the frost Isn’t life great? They always say Be prepared and die young Pay your bill and die young Plant roots and die young Find a nice girl and die young Donate and die young Good health and die young Prosper and die young Die young and die young
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Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM UTC
Dream Song
Lately I’ve been thinking about Tablecloths and teetering mortgages Turtlenecks and immense debt The mail toy catalogue and screaming orphans Over black coffee and gray sausage patties Pale eggs and dark red nosebleeds Subscription services and crumbling tombstones Isn’t life great? They tell you Save your money and die young Buy young and die young Find love and die young Thats why they call it work and die young Watch your cholesterols and die young I don’t ever leave my house The next useless trinket arrives on my doorstep The parcels folded plastic corners Conjures blood into a throbbing ******** Under layers of plastic the bauble shimmers I clutch it to my chest and weep Sickly sunlight filters through yellowed newspaper Pasted to my windows in a haughty patchwork I drag my fingernails across the crown moulding I haven’t seen the sun in weeks I watch the news everyday for hours Smoldering rubble and porcelain smiles Did you know people are dangerous Especially the ones that you’ll never meet? Isn’t life great? They tell you Limited time deal and die young Vote for me and die young Good investment and die young Be on time and die young “What’s your plan?” and die young Sell high and die young I stage my house like a magazine cover Perfect angles and subtle shadows Spotless floors and sparkling counters I kick the dog every time it sheds I have a stockpile in my basement Of exotic arms and ammunition Fantasize about justified ****** The woman on the news calls me handsome in my interview I never answer my own questions I watch videos of other people do it for me Spend the time I save staring at the wall and blinking Waiting for the next package to arrive I lay on the floor feeling the vibrations From the nearby highway traffic Potential threats and screeching tires Like desperate wasps before the frost Isn’t life great? They always say Be prepared and die young Pay your bill and die young Plant roots and die young Find a nice girl and die young Donate and die young Good health and die young Prosper and die young Die young and die young
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Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM UTC
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