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The Delicious Messiness Of Us
A poem about our chaotic day-to-day lives.
Oh, what a delicious mess is man
the one that came and conquered all
the one that destroyed everything he can
not knowing he would eventually fall
Tribal by nature
he’s guarded himself so well
never of himself is he sure
as he rides a rail car straight to hell
Oh, what a delicious mess is man
as he toils through his everyday
unhindered by having to follow a plan
and only worried about having it his way
Unknowingly ignorant of what he doesn’t know
and always his eyes on the future and unmindful
man is always and forever on the go
to such a degree the devil finds it delightful
Oh, what a delicious mess is man
as he plans his world to such a degree
and works himself as hard as he can
never knowing of what other ways there might be
From job to job he takes on the world
confident that he’s doing all the right things
not stopping to see where and…