Set List
you keep going and pushing
for more gigs
to get that Fourth of July
spangled fever all the time
so every day doesn’t feel
like a deadened nerve
where you want to use
a spoon
to remove your teeth
you want that center
with those lights and noise
where people can judge you
in four minute intervals
instead of that
awkward
unrelatable
scarecrow with
white flash smile
cold and inhuman
this running
won’t last forever
we all have to sit
across the table
from ourselves
and do the work
that’s going to leave
a lot more than blood