The Price of Soda

well, i've been going to the grocery stores

and i've noticed a few things

the price of water has been going up,

just like gasoline.

and the price of soda has been going down,

god, it keeps on getting cheaper

and maybe there's a way that we could learn to run our cars on it.

and oh god

it never stops being so damn funny

every time i twist off a plastic bottle cap

and pour that stupid sugar water down my throat

all those phosphorescent neon colors

and the extreme packaging

i never fail to savor all the silly little bubbles

falling down my throat and eating my poor guts

it's a long way to the top,

it's a long way to the bottom.

The Whole Apple

monet ate the whole apple -
i never thought to do that,
just threw the core on the road
and felt okay about it.

i think that i'm in texas now,
sam just threw up out the window

stoppin' at a rest stop,
my tummy is a 'rumblin'.

--

who am i gonna meet tonight
and what am i gonna say to them?
i think i'll talk about my jobs
and how i keep on leaving 'em

i'll sing some songs about the past
and a few 'bout my diet.
life is very cyclical,
the future might be new or not.

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i might wake up shivering,
or maybe i'll be sweating.
it depends on the heating
so many ways to live.

olympia: the floor was cold.
but that is what we slept on.
in the woods near oahe
it sucked to keep my pants on.

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then i moved to bethlehem,
and didn't get a job, no.
i dreamed about an easy life.
bike to work and home and work

but then i thought about my friends,
way up north in stroudsburg.
it's good that i have moved back home,
but i still miss the midwest.