Default State

be pilgrims to reality /
blessed virtual scenery /
ride samsaric carousels /
get wife, two kids /
holy trinity /
observe love, pain, death /
excitement and regret /
no refund yet /
no escape from infinity /
no credit card divinity /
no cheat codes in the vicinity /
no free will with impunity /
just stay real as the centerpiece /
just make love in this make believe

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weary as can be /
gary struggled with society /
tried to hide his
true identity /
from soothsayers
who sold him mediocrity /
in a box called convenience /
but the only thing that wasn't a nuisance / 
was his neighbour
who sniffed glue /
and slept with him on weekends

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don’t be a fool /
invest in subconscious drowning /
breathe liquid into your lungs /
retreat into mentally confounding /
bizarre sounding /
spacetime non-bounding /
non opinion founding /
particles of energy and light pounding /
itself into a shapeless expanse of runny smooth flavour /
into your eyes throat and heart without toil or labour /
and you erupt /
into a world view featuring /
the age old and brand new /
feelings that have always had you /
love the child inside

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discovering veins never ends in vain /
when you're bartering /
love for arteries /
truth can be feigned /
when dealing with disheartening ways /
of truths i can't capture /
so i postprocess instead

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frank found better means /
to lay low /
intercept quality savings /
say no /
with a penchant for cutting down /
on commodities /
stick with equities /
avoid liquidity /
and be a magnet to a market /
full of gold gravy to target /
and he’s an anarchist too

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places where old villains are found /
being themselves being unbound /
feigning no glorious story for us /
just here to be found

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wait 5 million years /
evolve to apex predator /
marinate in fear for life /
of immigrants and uncensored cinema /
be gods of the nebula /
make pogroms a thing /
grow opposable thumbs to eat at burger king

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independent and a yuppie /
wear out that rolodex /
girl don’t need no hubby /
street smarts smooth flex /
new money big cheques /
likes fast cars private jets /
here to save the world /
need no spandex /
with a capitalist agenda get all that’s demanded /
from a labour force almost empty handed /
call the journos write page turners /
take pictures that are candid

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defy herd instinct /
turn the world to cinder /
carve a name out of stone /
meet a girl on tinder /
get a job /
pay for three kids and a hobby /
fast forward to year 55 /
bald diabetic chubby /
can't afford the mortgage /
sub in the local precinct /
twice a week catch detective movies /
study pulling bank stints /
when they let you out of prison /
remember to defy herd instinct

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these dreams i have /
are ones that make me /
wiser than the ones that made me /
wish for worries in a dream home /
to live a full nine lives /
just to live alone

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what could possibly be more limiting than overeating your cereal /
overcompensating thirst for life /
to sweet release of death
to a forest burial /
proper disposal is the way forward /
this just the foreword to more worlds /
a shortcut through the noise
and mental twirls /
but you gotta sit down be quiet for that
and you dont

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latest prescription /
one thing at a time /
known state of mind /
self reflection /
no tldr /
read the whole damn description /
compress into a ball /
white light missions /
positive attitudes /
better than writing fiction

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three-eyed homies with third-eye chakras /
erecting the future faster than viagra /
teach you to look forward /
flow better than niagara /
make your tinder less awkward /
find your inner cleopatra /
star of your own damn cinema /
help you take the edge off a bit /
tell your buddy come over i need a babysit

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take you out to dinner /
deserve it though you’re a sinner /
service tax can’t with this service /
ask that you stay in a /
better place in your head every other day /
chaotic good is great in every other way /
better if it works /
as a mirror to the earth /
keep you grounded in slow inhalations /
till you hunger for sweet salvation /
then we can have dinner

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wrapped around your index /
are better means /
to look better in spandex /
among other things /
most importantly better means /
at finding better things on yandex /
like true love or juice recipes /
stolen credit cards or quotes by diogenes /
but some things you can’t find /
like memes that solve world hunger /
but they fill that void in your chest cavity for a little longer /
and that’s what’s important right now

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drowning in orange bliss
no need to struggle /
i am satiated cared for and celebrated /
wrapped in warm sheets
and serotonin bubbles /
child of the five kings of wonder
sculpted from rubble /
built through the long passage
of dust duty and dreams /
to speak through the comfort of my own orange bliss that pours into streams /
that flow into an ocean /
made of my own tears as i cry from feeling so fucking grateful all the time

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organising harmonising thoughts / has never been so agonising / scrutinising every letter / till it's precisely tantalising / every nerve ending / ending in epidermis / pulling you down with love or shooting up the nervous / until there's no more point in analysing how this verse is ending / until there's no more time left on earth / only harmonising thoughts are pending / waiting to send us ascending / through the depths of seventh grade / but class is ending

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fifteen rupees from father /
bought me no smiles / no hope /
only cheap dope /
which I sold for tenfold /
on the black market to cope /
with abusive father /
who gave me another /
guilt reeked / fifteen rupees /
so he could cope

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slow internet connection /
ludicrous government retirement plan pension /
not to mention /
chronic rheumatic arthritis /
making life a slow struggle till death grips /
and strangles me and my kids /
and their kids and so on /
until there's no one left to go on /
to fake another smiling picture

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mindful state / supine mind /
no struggle to escape /
always enough time /
always enough to create /
a wonderful place / sublime /
where everyone can relate /
and not mind

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meet me in the kitchen /
where uncle jules talks science fiction /
eats lunch and provides vision /
so the decision /
to sell death door to door /
could transform into a mission /
to love lunch /
and video game scores

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rhymes can't justify /
my eagerness to abide /
by compositional structure /
I reside
in mathematical perfection /
crop with distinction /
take you out to lunch /
bill better be divisible by 7

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lives these days change
faster than the weather /
watch years go by /
but they don’t change for the better /
used to do things
for the heck of it /
just to pass the time /
that was standard protocol /
now i just piece together lines /
cat without a litterbox /
crushing curious for his nine /
started a blog and everything /
bout how shit changes all the time

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take a flight of fancy /
circumnavigate with plans /
drawn out by chance /
paint you like alex gray thrill you
like tom clancy / awkward romance /
needs no direction /
only fuel and we got plenty /
leave trails of cotton candy /
drive you 5 miles for a handy

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hunting for those answers / not obvious /
not given in stanzas / not fed to us /
makes you furious /
picks careers made for us /
pick noses bred for us /
makes you wonder / makes you curious /
about your own stupidity /
but leaves you no answers /
just makes you more furious

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unpopular mc / here with some fresh beats / out to terrorize neighbourhoods / attack you through your chimney / burn your old two tapes and cds / make you beg like your life depends on me / performing abba covers

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distance in this instance /
can't deny you words /
cut with finesse /
sculpted and caressed /
sprinkled with seasoning /
served with guiness /
make you relate /
no need to second guess /
these words speak fate /
after we conversate /
make you undress

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practise life by myself /
on grassy overtones / and under /
unnecessary meanings /
and abridged views of true feelings
and wonder /
through hues reeling you in to view /
an awkward imagination to give you /
memories to construe /
with imagery to improve /
any final verdicts

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farms need soil like you need me /
and we'll grow stuff together
and grow together /
plant those seeds with a plan
and a little spontaneity /
so this place can be /
where we can smoke some good weed

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need a new vernacular /
to portray life verbatim /
4.20 pm so spectacular /
everything else is just waiting

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jump into bizarre future /
bump into humanity
neutered /
castrated /
fated to be bottled and dated /
to quarantine
all hatred /
basically single account reddit

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diagrammatic addict / textbook case of geometric abuses / not less than but equal to / protracted years of symmetric muses / i'd rather have it simple / imperfection and one pimple / and affection for the unstable / life's a bitch when you're unable / to always see yourself as perfect

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