That’s Good to Me

 

 

            Every day so gone before it starts

            Wake up, you’re in bed you think

            A whole day to be done and then

            Lie down and know there’s

            Nothing done, no relief, nothing

            There will never be rest

            It will be one thing cropped on

            Another until you drop dead

 

            Wondering

            Where the respite of responsibility

            Came in and became appealing

            And

            When it stopped being appealing

            Why it continued

            When there’s already pain and

            Death and hate and people and

            Rain and shit art and TV news

 

            Might as well spend another hour

            Reading or thinking, reading or

            Thinking, might as well spend

            Another day waiting

 

            I fail to see how I maintain optimism

            I don’t know how anyone survives

 

            It could be the women, I don’t know

            It could be air, air is nice

            It might be orgasms or cake

            But it’s probably just some

            Stupid imperative stuck behind my ear

 

            That and Ray Charles