future equals bleak

that fucker
you just want to punch
in the nose like
whatshecontributing
to anything around here
just a smug self-interested
journeyman of motion
and (think!) that
fucker’s gonna have a
spouse someday goddamn
future equals bleak
i mean really
let’s not get all newagey
with our inculturalcated
medicated sense of mind
(goddamn pavlov pets)
thinking every soul has
a RIGHT TO LIVE life
to its fullest (or some
shit) i mean gimmeabreak
like those of us
in the ENLIGHTENED
world walk with any
HIGHER AIMS than to
do what mommy
and celebrityville says to do
(so let’s do it if it’s all we have)
but is it that is my question
is it is it really (so
i don’t have what you would
call a quoteunquote better idea)
if so then a philosophical sigh
followed by a magnanimous
watershed embrace of
arbitrary values
and you know what
i’ll STILL punch that dogshit
nodstoomuch beersucking
vomitgurgling revulsion
of a genuine human
every damn day of the week
allsicansayisbuhLEAK.

and smattered applause
and a sip of bottled water
and a thin wallet
and (fingers crossed)
a scintilla of pride.