Come As You Are?

yeah right
always the outsider
never the in
alert matt dillon and daniel son,
tom cruise,
and all the others:

I relate,
understand,
am disassembled by the gap community...

fill in this gap,
oh lord
between being
and becoming;
sincere
and hip
rivers - I feel your pain,
glory in the garage.
posters and guitars,
turn it up to eleven!

tune in at eleven:

"too many puppies
are being shot in the dark;"
too many iraqis
are being shot in the Name

of god and country,

yet the small talk rages on:

in the room the students come and go,
entertaining themselves to death

I say let's cleanse
this temple once more

drive out
the guns and soldiers,
the useless talk and pissing contests,
the ostracism and too cool for school....

but who am I to say ?

walmart shoes are wearing out,
and my face don't match the ad.