the dead go on being dead

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i'm in mourning today / to night

sadness / thots of death & loss

wondering if we were only born to die

& what is all this other stuff in between

& who holds the power of death in their hands

& depression is a very fucked up place

& despondent can make you crazy

enough to drown your child in a tub full of water

& hang your self in the garage / oh the sorrow

before & after / / / of course the living go on feeling the numb of nothing

pain kills pain / flattens the heart / dilutes the blood

& the dead go on being dead











they say florida is nice this time of year
balmy / not too humid yet / flowers are blooming
a good place to go golfing / just watch out for alligators
in the ditches / hell / i hear they crawl out into the middle
of the roads down there / down there in florida
high crime too / a lot of cars / & crazy fucking weather
hurricanes / floods / high winds / / my self / i never saw
any of that / i've felt the humidity tho / in august /
walk across the street / & you feel like you won't make in
as moisture / imagine that / moisture / pushes a body down
down in the asphalt / black top gets soft in hot places
cali / nevada / & florida /
oil circles ooze to the top / gum melts in ewy puddles
ants scurry after human droppings /

still / what i wouldn't give to be in florida right now
or arizona / actually i prefer the desert / the dry heat
the damp heat / soaks you / oppressive is what i'd say

although pure blue is pure blue & sunshine is sunshine
which ever way you slice it

& i hear / if a body's needing a rest / well florida is a
great place to go / fishing / golf / a change of scenery
a change of faces / & memories / /

oranges / they grow a lot of oranges in florida / the
sunshine state / i do believe they call it / & lemons too
well you can't have it all sweet / not in florida
not any where else / grape fruit too / now there's a bitter bite
one that's shocking / one you won't soon forget

well kick back / put your feet up / let the sun warm your face
i hear it's great in florida this time of year
& that sunshine heals the soul