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I lost my debit card
And I'm all bent out of shape
Swimming by the canal
Now I'm walking
Tripping hard
We overlook the lake
And it's melting, gooey filling
The sky inhales our life
While some stare at it
Like a ceiling

Gentle
Curious creature
The sun is a scanner
Making copy after copy
And here on the flatbed, we lay

While I'm laying here
Wwondering how I got so jaded
How I was depressed
How it was celebrated
You're sitting at a booth
And everyone's agreeing
To holographic lies
Through cinematic seeing

As if you were the sole scribe of humans
As if you weren't programmed by conditions
As if you spoke a stronger strain of language
More that I can process
That only you can manage
You curse the daily gift
You thrift with deep pockets
You text and scroll like the troll
You owe homage to
Never touch the stone
But cover it in polish
You wanna be alone and still be acknowledged

You were in debt
Way before you went to college
Now your biggest threat
Is that overpriced knowledge
I tried to load it
But there's no application
For giving up your life
To be someone else's creation