Twice In a Lifetime

You may ask yourself,

how did I get here?

But I know that I

was driven by youth

and blind ignorance.

I’m letting the days

go by, speedy and

unmarked like police

cars chasing the young

and knife-armed foolish.

Same as it ever

was, before our votes

elected dunces

in confed'racies,

to rule over us.

Twice in a lifetime;

we get fooled again,

the same old boss is

grinning from the TV

with a clown’s haircut.