May Day

Perfect skin frames the luxurious hole that has formed itself flaming
in a child's forehead. Surprise decorates a young face that will
never move again. Hello. Hello, pistol. Hello, lifedeathendbeginning
How did we happen so quickly and stop and what can we
do to

Silence is the key to beautiful things and bombs are
dripping like rain from the gutters that are fighter planes
and dark skin makes you an enemy. Cover your face and PRAY
because you're a sinner and we'resalvationfora

Stop signs are cracked octagons of blood red fluorescence
and little girls on scooters reflect themselves along the street
in a sad attempt to stay alive but why do we bother
whydotheybotherto

Endings are not unusual and a crisp flag that has never
seen battle offers itself as a blanket for a mahogany chest of
treasures not realized before they were lost, buried forever loving
beneath fresh soil and a cool tombstone and we're uncaring about

The world is cruelty the life of animalsmineralsvegetables 20 questions we
are not with answers we do not know why we continue students
crash through windows hittheground bullet holes and tearsfears we cry we
sing

NoOneSawItComing

MayDay MayDay crash course ringing let's go alarms and gas masks
pretend we do it right MAYDAY MAYDAY Houston there's a problem
and where is houston but not here fearfearfear we're going down A
hole in the ozone layer swallows our hope.