What is wealth homie, if all we wanted was to breathe air, would we be billionaires, if we just wanted to feed on worms, would we never have to worry about food, dreaming of dew drops, on flower petals, oh, heavens, satiate me for eternity, is money just an idea, could you generate it at will, start adding numbers, trade it for food, and eat it, or would you have to earn it, Tommy Douglas, living it up in heaven, if karma was a wealth, he'd be rolling in it, what about Gandhi, didn’t he fuck his niece, I wonder how that adds up, do we have to starve, to truly feel it, satiation, participate in Ramadan, old lessons, echoing, religion, it’s education, this life, how to live it, so many need it, without something above them, without family, and community, they’re just floundering, what is it, we’re really seeking, just love, just money, anything, to get us through the day, the world is cruel, it’s so ugly, so many, ungodly things, that people participate in, sins, are self-defeating, doomed to fail, in its conception, as it is birthed into the world, it flows out, and seeks its own destruction, is life serious homie, whatever, to each their own, it really could be a simulation, and you’re god, the devil laughing, how great, living in your mom’s basement, reality echoing, the roads from heaven to hell connect, if you hate capitalism so much, just go into the wilderness, survive on berries, hunt boar, or get killed by a bear, do you have questions, answers, seek them, young hero, a great evil haunts the land, only you can save us, a virgin, growing to accept life, the way it is, bildungsroman, maybe he’ll keep the ring, and get married, don’t think of it as embarrassing, old lessons, echoing, it’s just life, there’s always a next thing, while you were pondering life, I was studying the blade, there’s fruit waiting, I want to eat it too, but it would it taste bitter, if it was forced down my throat, should it be gentle, maybe it’s a reflection of you, and if you eat too much, you’ll get fat, how important is balance, or maybe it’s hot, when we wallow, in our own filth, can a pig look at the stars, the devil laughing, the game echoing, there’s a lot of questions, I don’t dare to answer, I’m such an old beast, there are some lessons, you can only learn, if it’s beaten into you, the fruit passes by your eyes, you jump, you fall into the abyss, your legs broken, the heavens smile, just ripples in the rain, oh children, rejoice in suffering, the heavens know, that much joy can be found in it, this hot nerdy girl with glasses, she knows it, she likes it dirty, so much treasure, can be found in the trash, the homeless know it, karma strings, sirens, old magic, what would you do for a Scooby snack, oh, how fulfilling, your first cigarette, whatever homie, I’m not an architect, maybe you don’t understand, the heavens, the way I’ve come to know them, do you think they’re good, the devil laughing, so many of you, when you look at the sky, only see the surface, lord knows, all the good shit, is hiding, religion, sure, follow it, holy water, flowing all over my face, what a blessing, Alice, she’s crying, oh, baby, maybe if we lose our souls, our bodies rotting, we’ll look back, on all of it, and smile, it was worth it, as above, so below, the West extends, open a gate, to the abyss, let the tentacles, ride up your skirt, hell fire, my desire, a goat, eating worms, so many virgins, Earth, what a blessing, thank god, there’s food, I was starving, a gentle rain, a hero, and the flood washed us away, Mount Vesuvius, it exploded, make a barrier, salt the land, soft, flesh mounds, the gates, have opened, the gong echoes, the game is beginning, prepare the feast, your mom’s panties, can we escape it, this wall of fire, the consequences, of my words, watch me burn.

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