June 18, 1976

You were born in KC Missouri
to a girl who wasn't married
after your birth she brought you to the nursery
kissed your head and told you not to worry
and then quietly she turned and slipped away
in the elevator her heart began to pound
to the roof top in her slippers and her gown
on the edge she took one last look around
then closed her eyes and pushed away
speeding toward the ground
through the air without a sound
so gracefully
twelve flights down nearly naked on the ground
skin and tragedy always attract a crowd
and so it was when the policeman came around
he took more than fifty eyewitness accounts
each one in awe
for they'd never seen a girl
so sad and beautiful

April 6, 2039

Here we have our dust-free dining set
we guarantee it won't collect a speck
freeing up the children to instead
grow into your molding
heed more of your scolding
go early to their new self-making beds
seems like you'd be tired of losing face
like you'd want to put the children in their place
the more you have to tell them to do their chores
the more you run the risk of being ignored
if you're lucky they'll turn out as good as you
you tell them that they're good kids but you know it isn't true
your father drank a little; you're on liver number two
progress has a way of feigning ease
convenient new inventions bait the tease
for though it is impossible to cure: 
a husband bent on cheating
the oxygen depleting 
a child who's always bragging 
a wife's persistent nagging
we're equipped to live though it were

Of Up and Coming Monarchs

Sunken ships rest upon the ocean floor
where I've made my home to dodge the draft once more
there once was a time one could flee to the north
but Canada's not what she used to be
boycott the war well she couldn't afford to
thanks to the new american queen
swim with me and we'll escape all the trouble of the present age
finally free
mermaids teach us how to breath beneath
the line that now divides action from apathy

Letter from a Concerned Follower

It's weird to think of all the things that have not been keeping up with the times
it's ten o'clock the sun has now just begun to set the western hills on fire
I hear that you don't change
how do you expect to keep up with the trends
you won't survive the information age
unless you plan to change the truth to accommodate the brilliance of men
some folks think we're better now social evolution's new sythetic will
will keep us on a straighter path as better men use brand new math
with no wrong answers
I'm just a little bit worried
do you have some sort of plan
have you been finallly defeated by the cunning of these fully evolved men