Self as Hallucination

their councils priced themselves

straight out of the mystery market

augmentation via will power gone idiotic

still overrated by all the cackling heads

of all the Spring Break universities

deluded that they count for something

the professors rushed out into the night

tearing at their eyes what did they see

another circus chainsaw lobotomy

common as dirt in the modern era

so I pulled the stake from my heart

going for broke why not the game is rigged

waste no time on the miraculous

heaven is probably just an office job

no f-words but maybe x-rays

I guess you gotta be your own angel

guide yourself it's that simple

and have the dignity of a learner

lemme know how that works out

radar bastards not there when you look

bought me a week in a Gitmo cage

they slap your wrists and take your legs

with their grandiose fanaticism

wanted my Swiss bank account number

the hole in his head said hello

don't make me shout

over the din of your inner Wurlitzer

running like rats on a carousel

thanks to the beautific potential of things

somewhere out there is another Einstein

on I-5 near the cattle pens

we all want the authentic

but where does the aversion come from

if education is the wealth of a people

trying to end the reign of hairsplitting

and escape the labyrinths of doctrine

you'll be weeping for the human race too

with a tentative grasp of self

high as a kite but driving a straight line

through the headlights of truckers

more than one kind of perfect obviously

if we never slept it would be different

floating above the flames of memory

yes sometimes the call of the wild

is marginally somewhat overwhelming

to the higher cognitive deltas

made me wonder about the sheaves of wheat

that I kept in my Conn Bluenote

right now is freedom right now

and now we come to a standstill

From "Pageant of Naked Mischief" available on Amazon