Elliptical Arks

Change is certain wealth is not
remain forever just a dot
besmirching stinker or wretched blot
an infant or a tiny tot
escape humanity by diving in your skin
in forever competition it is certain no one wins


Green's not right her color is white
like bleached bones in the desert or a blizzard's bite
she doesn't care if it's day or if it's the darkest night
Death has each and every last one in her sights


in the frost of every winter morning
ice crystals form in our heart
slicing muscle fiber with every beat
bleeding inside and discreet
we smile with our steel teeth
make the motions, and the speech



whatever it is you wanted from us
it seemed to require our pain
so go away now and please take it with you
all we need is a liter of water
and we're nothing under a cloud full of rain



disco rice is euphemistic
flies kill birds and tortoises
nothing like being eaten alive from inside
stand witness to terror and anguish in eyes
we'd love to reject all the civilized lies
people don't care when a centipede dies
and progress isn't worth the price