R3ST 4SSVR3D, 4 N3W D4Y ST1LL...

 

rest assured, a new day still 
arrives - today's end coupled 
to tomorrow's beginning 

SVNS3T 0N 4M3R1C4...

sunset on America 

as we were taught to believe 

it was; seek refuge from dark 

W41T1NG F0R TH0S3 H0RNS T0 BL4ST...

waiting for those horns to blast, 
then "pack it up, pack it in…" 
and we stomp it all to dust 

 

41N'T N0 M0R3 L4DD3RS T0 CL1MB...

ain't no more ladders to climb; 
still trying to make stone soup 
in a world that's gone to shit 

3MBR4C1NG WH4T'S L3FT0V3R...

embracing what's leftover's 
a good survival tactic - 
thrive on what nobody wants 

F34RS 0F CR1M1N0L0GY...

 

fears of criminology 
not as real as getting left 
behind in abandoned towns 

CH3CK-T0-CH3CK M4TH 34S1LY...

 

check-to-check math easily 
ignored by exploring 
your local microcosms 

SC4TT3R1NG D1RTG0D TH0VGHT S33DS...

 

scattering dirtgod thought seeds 
along my weekly routine's 
wandering indirect path 

TH3 W4Y 1T 0NC3 W4S 41N'T H0W...

the way it once was ain't how 
it's always gonna be; can't 
do shit but adjust, let go 

M4NVF4CTVR1NG C0NS3NT...

manufacturing consent 
without option to exit - 
American dreams deferred 

4M3R1C4N GL0RY D4YS...

 

American glory days 
feel antique - irrelevant 
now; "ain't no future in it" 

TH3 D1SS4T1SF4CT10N H4S...

 

the dissatisfaction has 
been like kudzu, invading 
all our collective psyches 

0V3R-D0M3ST1C4T3D...

 

over-domesticated 
spirits suddenly become 
feral, as revolution 

TH3 P0W3R GR1D W1LL N3V3R...

 

the power grid will never 
completely choke the human 
spirit to reimagine 

S1MPL3 R3FL3CT10NS S0M3T1M3S...

simple reflections sometimes 
show us how we were tied down 
in ways we hadn't realized 

TH3 W4Y TH4T 0NC3 W4S N3V3R...

the way that once was never 

remains in place forever; 

notions of dominion false 

TH3 3ND 1S JVST TH3 0TH3R...

the end is just the other 
side of a new beginning 
once your outlook's adjusted 

N0 S1GN H4S 4VTH0R1TY...

 

no sign has authority 
without men to enforce them; 
fuck your signs and your badges 

P1LGR1M4G3S W1TH0VT KN0WN...

pilgrimages without known 
purpose, other than to more 
closely connect with each step 

P4TR10T1C F3RV0RS P0K3D...

patriotic fervors poked 
and prodded through pride and fear; 
dirt recognizes no flag