looking at a bottle of pills
it's getting pretty full
maybe full enough now
for a good nights sleep
the label says
one pill before bedtime
but i've been saving my pills
for a rainy day
night after night
month after month
waiting for a reason to live
planning for a method to die
there are lots of ways to die
as far as natural death goes
i guess i'm just not worthy
of a dignified death
NOT FINISHED
four walls surround me
two windows
one door
no bars
i never want to leave
sometimes i have to go
you know ...
but i'm still by myself
i take care of myself
and i ask nothing of others
i don't like my phone
when it rings
i usually ignore it
somebody wants something
and i don't care
god also must not like calls
when i pray
he ignores me
he knows what i want
and he don't care
i know, because i'm still here
by martin
election day has come and gone
and now it's time to feed the red rats
they are hungry for our humanity
they could care less if we are healthy
or happy
they answer only to the machine
their god and master
the grey wolf of industry
who's only concerns are profits
and power
as the march of the red rats reaches wisconsin
the media sharks circle and smile
the sharks, once citizens in the sea of humanity
now devolved to tabloid parasites who feed on
our misery
teachers are now students
in the reality of electoral spin
a costly lesson indeed
a lesson of betreyal
and greed
two years ago we were nearly trampled to death
beneath the march of the red rats
yet many of you pulled off your scabs
and bled red in the ballot box
will you ever learn ?
by martin
love me tender
love me sweet
the king is dead
but the beat goes on
didn't mean to make you cry
if i'm not back again this time tomorrow ...
and then he left us
the killer queen
day turns into night
night turns into day
as the lizard king gazes at us
from the other side
picture yourself in a boat on a river
with tangerine trees, and marmalade skies
where a pearl floats in the purple haze
and vinal headstones spin on forever
by martin
floating through a world
of never ending hate
i hate myself for loving you
and thinking it was fake
i hate the way that you were rite
and i was always wrong
the paranoia in my brain
stringing me along
now that life is empty
and you're no longer there
the paranoia steps aside
and i realize that you cared
you cared enough to love me
you cared enough to bleed
you cared enough about yourself
that you didn't plead
now i know your love was real
and that it wasn't fake
my paranoia's smiling
i'm hating my mistakes
by martin
they scamper around
the porcelain shores
where crumbs are sand
and blood is water
pretty little parasites
drinking blood
from the cookie jar
and eating the crackers of the lamb
while the wolf in the white robes
smiles warmly
and pats each head
as he empties their pockets
then eats their souls
by martin
so alone is she
her body decayed
and returned to the earth
so many years ago
she sees what we see
and she hears what we hear
yet to hold close a lover
is beyond her grasp
she goes unnoticed
by all the people around her
as she waits
for what is to be
she wonders where the others are
and why nobody ever came for her
she wonders if she is being punished
or was simply overlooked
she keeps moving
hoping someone will notice her
as she has for years
not realising
that she's in hell
by martin
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