I WANT YOUR #REALNESS

 

there are other humans in the world with me

sloppy, uneven, unnerved, smushed thru today’s garlic press

not one of them is perfect / not one of them is imperfect

striving falling straining in a heated scream hushed out to chuckle

absurdity beyond our comprehension / much less our making

so who are these scrubbed automatons I see on this portable screen?

 

I know you’re my neighbor, friend, but are you Jones or Rogers?

 

if I tried to keep up with your makeup crew I’d fail, so I don’t.

if I talked in that News Tonight Tone I’d scream, so I won’t.

Rogers had a soft tone too, with no demand for me to fall in line

we could take neighbors to mean friends not competitors

if we were hurting he would listen and take us to the Land of Make Believe

don’t trip, your sweet talk takes us there too — but to stoke a fear instead of calm it

We’re looking for the helpers but all you’ll show us are the riots

We’re looking for a leader and all our choices left are rapists.

 

I know you’re my neighbor, friend, but are you Jones or Rogers?

 

listen could we just quit the bullshit? I’m in love with humanity

every enlightened being comes to wholeness through ignorance

I never needed my models photoshopped and I never asked for a superhero.

If you believed in your best then I could too. I’d even bet we all could.

I’m not in competition to “keep up with” anyone, not even myself.

No hands will come to save us, whether perfect or imperfect.

 

I know you’re my neighbor, friend, but are you Jones or Rogers?