Daily Dose

Light the candle, illuminate
Steel cages hold the crudest fate
Arriving late
You were the hardest to accommodate
Weaker polity gets the nicer tray
Ash till it's strained
A pleasurable pain elucidates names I can't remember
Coldest winter
In another life he was a mediocre sprinter

Refused to speak cause he wasn't the best, a wounded goat
Vivid dreams of lies emboldened is what he spoke
Born to choke
The cost of hope is 40 acres and a gram of dope
I'm an avid saboteur, but blood is thicker than water

Deadbeat fathers
The longing for a hug is as clear as mud
Set the precedent and break it in a second trench warfare, well rested, chew the cud
A different kind of animal, roles intangible
Sprinkle sugar among the bad news to make it palatable
Daily dose, talk to God
Crack a couple of jokes and cast a rod

Even the odds
I take a seat at the head and distribute the laws
No cost, not at all, not at all
It's a free-for-all at the annual ball, Glass doors with slogans scrawled
Watch them fall, watch them fall
Unwrap the gift knowing damn well what's inside

Hide your pride
Eagle-eye the dome
I clutch chrome and let it roar
Tweaking to score, I can't get fired tonight
Not tonight
Drag me by the back of the hand, peel flesh and drape it in sand
I accept
Coffee dates at the MET, we wept

Finger pointed at the sky, that's for theft
You and I, loud as the space between us
I document the downward spiral, upload and go viral
Different names, different title
Different names, different title
Pour it in the vial, stand trial, but you no-showed

I grab the rope and follow leads till I can't cope
Till I can't cope