Happy Thoughts

Think happy thoughts!

The mind can be controlled

and contained

with happy thoughts.

Think not about the sadness

Or the vice-like grip it has

all down your esophagus

and your stomach.

Think happy thoughts!

Think not about the constant

lessening of space

and how trapped

you are, as an individual

and as an entity,

Where, once the peaceful years

of childhood run dry

its work on Monday,

work on Tuesday,

work on Wednesday,

work of Thursday,

work on Friday,

and then two days off

but, who are we kidding

you’ll work then too!

Think happy thoughts!

Think not about

capitalism and the downfall

of humanity hitting you

with its unethically produced

car that’s pumping evil

into the air, helping to boil

the planet and its sad

little people alive.

Think happy thoughts!

Think not about the weight

of love and the loneliness

that’s bred when we refuse

to teach our children

how to think

and talk and be friendly.

Think happy—

Think not about death.

Happy

Think not about history.

Happy

Think not about the universe,

or what was there before it.

Think happy thoughts,

Only,

ever,

forever.

Happy

thoughts.