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REAListic optimIST
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things are going good,
so what's gonna go wrong?
things are going bad,
so i break into song.
im not looking for pity,
just some sympathy.
come, take my hand
and take a trip with me.
people's faces - superficial
their remarks a jerk reaction
their emotions nothing but
a conditioned response.
"so we're all pavlov's dogs
slobbering on command?!"
i'm not done yet
here, take my hand.
the world around us
as we sense it anyway
is only the beginning,
the needle in the hay.
people's faces - superficial
their remarks a jerk reaction
their emotions nothing but
a conditioned response.
i'm cursed with the vision
to see more of the world
than your average man or woman,
your average boy or girl.
i still have the senses
you lost when you were two
i can see the horror
now you can see it too.
people's faces - superficial
their remarks a jerk reaction
their emotions nothing but
a conditioned response.
now you share in the madness
now you, too, can see
the things that have been
so tormenting me. WAIT!
i had so much more to tell
about the sea, teh earth the land
but i realized i couldn't
when i grasped your lifeless hand.
spring, 1992
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