Joe’s Pub
The sun rises
and the stars go back to bed
The day is vast
Until Noon
Then it’s over
Life is just repackaging
Some time
Every generation has thought theirs
would be the last
Hold on to your horses Patti Smith
We’re due for another
ONCE IN A MILLENIA
Extinction Event
Dear God,
Can you kill the metaverse technocracy
And leave the rest of us to rebuild
In the pixel ashes
If you’re brave enough to say goodbye
The universe will reward you with a new hello
Cull the one thousand billionaires in America
Proffering less to the tax collector
Than you do
Because when the trains are free
You can ride them all day
Let’s go for a walk
In comfortable shoes
All terrain boots
A good day is when no one shows up
And you don’t have to go anywhere
A great day is today
Dear technocrat oligarch
Just tell me that you love me
When I give to you my Life
That you sell to my friends
The transformative power of collective action
some things stay the same
Only by changing
Happiness is not in your phone
Not at the $22 cocktail bar
Figure out how much you’re capable of
Believe its more
Just tell me that you love me
Dear technocrat oligarch
Participating in something
larger than ourselves
is a way of
escaping death
The day is vast
until noon
Then it’s over
The enemy is the parts of yourself
You wish to eviscerate
Life is just repackaging some time
If you had to re-live your life again today
The same way
would you?
How about tomorrow?
The enemy
is the parts
of yourself
You wish
To eviscerate
Day
is
vast
until noon then
its over
$100 bills flowing in the street
Our hearts and
Our bodies
are given to us
Only once
Get a job save money and quit
Take what you can carry, leave the rest
This piece performed in duet with Dan Cooper’s Lullaby
at Joe’s Pub on March 9th, 2024. Read more about this piece on my substack.
