From the ghettos to the marshes
we fight for nothing
who am I kidding
maybe that is a major underestimation
Linden is just a town
Emily was just a girl
its like Tyrone Slothorp at the end of the book
its not about the specifics
I knew that waiting for the train in Linden
Its about an idea
what they come to represent
a principle
maybe
maybe like sometimes principles buddy up to the bullies
so they dont have to go to jail
they can be funny
but my point
principles fall short of conviction
always
thats the condition my compatriots
and were left shouting yid at a soccer game or something
open mouths shoved full of remorseful cock
and i think it must be the same with every strata
every migration of people
every notion falls short of confidence in that notion
and i pray
space moves faster than light
that the man made satillites around the last dying brown dwarf produce the acestral melanin
it is a dying day
and after all work
after spilled seed and stamen
that it wasnt just a town