almost okay

Countdown To Truth, Man

Somewhere another heart stops beating
Another bullet tears through flesh and bone
Another car runs another red light
Another knife slashes deep, releasing blood
Another drunk falls off his barstool

Somewhere another junky drools, nods while
Another purse is snatched
Another home is burglarized
Another child is molested, raped
Another shady business deal is done

Somewhere, too, another baby is born
Dropped unsuspecting into the evil world
Another victim or a killer loosed upon us
Another gaping hungry mouth
Another source of sorrow

Somewhere another poem is written
Another futile attempt to reveal the truth
Another slap-happy idiot falls in love again
Another sunrise, another sunset
Another day passes into night

Truth? There is no truth
Just another lie
That sounds true

-Prof. Dirk Beat