issue #8 (02/09/01)

last place

poems of isolation
escapist egos
and unchecked rants
oh - im so alone amongst these people
i do not want to be like them
oh - im just like these people
but i do not want to be like them
oh dear me - i cant hold an intelligent
conversation with nitwits
oh dear me - i want to say something different
when everyone is saying the same thing
speak up ill talk down
everyone thinks theyre the first
to seriously consider the CRM
and resolve as if truth to self
is so damn commendable
that they would have let
that fight pass them by
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to be an idealist
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to be a cynic
everyone thinks theyre the first
to notice that bastard
Abercrombie sneaking out the back door
with americas youth
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to transcend groups
to wear it anyway
everyone thinks theyre the first
to find philosophy
and eastern religion
and really think about it
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to concede its obscurity makes its popularity
and to admit that people think the same anyway
everyone thinks theyre the first
to see christianity isnt what it is
everyone thinks theyre the first
to see buddha and christ as friends
everyone thinks theyre the first
to die a lonely death
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to be reborn as lonely as before
everyone thinks theyre the first
to reach that great score
on Nokia phones
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to think that they dont care
too too cool to make too big of deal
everyone thinks theyre the first
to win first place
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to realize first isnt that important
everyone thinks theyre the first
to write creative poetry
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to realize its not that creative after all
hobbes proved equality of man
through proximity
and everyone thinks theyre the first
to take notice
and think it true
everyone thinks theyre the first
to defy and coincide at the same time
i do
because i am the prophet
of this godless place
i think we must defy and coincide
everyone thinks
for i am not the first
nor the first to notice
for you are all prophets too