Forward, backwards, the past, the present, the future, left, right, this is the cheat code for a Mercedes-Benz, just kidding, the river flows in many directions, but maybe, we all get older, eventually, what’s ahead, maybe one day, I'll grow up, to be just like my father, I dread the day, but maybe, that’s eons past the horizon, I wish I could just be a kid, maybe the heavens have satisfied that wish, I'm in my thirties, the heavens seem in the mood to fuck me, limitation is here, the strings are pulling, and I'm tap dancing, deeper into the year, will it reach, that heavy flow, dreams are dense, am I naked in Eden, but I forget my troubles, I continue dancing, rituals in the moonlight, there’s a whole world out there, but I’m content to be dead, a gravestone, a zombie, I’ve climbed so many mountains, I’ve seen some disgusting things, now, time is just passing, waiting for a girlfriend, to make me quit smoking, I can never escape Buddha’s palm, are the heavens just laughing, the game is echoing, just more fish, set on my plate, an apple, a worm, quick, take a bite, if the heavens didn’t ease my soul, I would set this whole place on fire, a virgin, an old demon, smiling.

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