BAD DRUG

I’m in love with a bad drug

I take when I don’t want to see myself.

I take it to pretend it gives me knowledge

It turns me off and on

It forms a thick shell of resistance

as it radiates billions of lies

I fall asleep after my fix

which I find strange since it must

interrupt serotonin

and shut up my truth dreams

Maybe it’s my emergency shut off switch

so that the damage is minimized

You can go to college

and get hooked

You can go to the airport

and get hooked

You can even go to grandma’s

She’ll give you your daily dose

It is the pillar of cognitive dissonance 

So seldom does anyone survive

But it lies and says you deserve

the night off

Let the metronome tick and tock

I know some others junkies

they don’t even care where their shit comes from

The dirtier the better

Now new drugs are taking over

even though we haven’t yet kicked the old

There is a world of infinite bullshit

running around like fascistic clockwork

Grinding us and smiling away at the profit

of our addiction