ALL THINGS ARE ON FIRE

As I move through the days
I experience nature's duality

As I enter the physical realm
I see all men striving blindly to fulfill their desires
Creating a mad, frenzied, insectile world

On the streets innocence is trampled underfoot
Beauty is raped
Virginity is sodomized
Bitterness and cynicism are grafted onto the souls if the naive

The Poor live lives of desperation
Their dignity stolen by poverty's cunning
The rich search for ever more subtle means
To carry out their genteel acts of self destruction

The factories burn the spirits of a million would-be genius
The machines are fueled by the substance from our spines

Amid a billion mad distractions men pine for mercy
But futility knows no compassion

As I lay face down with the soil on my tongue
My stomach filled by the deaths of living things
Motivated by greed
Called into action by lust
Flesh, money, meat, power, sedation
I greet life's feast with open arms

Let all die so I may live another day
Burn the sky so I may rest in comfort
As the blood of all eternity's deaths runs down my chin
I search for another object to dominate

By the burning flames of desire
I smell the stench of my own dissolution

Urinating down from atop the chain of life

The flesh of beasts entwine me in their burning limbs

Down on my knees
Worshipping, eating, fucking, sucking the beast
The flames enter my stomach
Burn my lungs
Singe my senses

With my eyes finally opened
I see all things are on fire

1985 - Caeser Pink