
Untitled, acrylic on panel, by Zdzisław Beksiński, 1984.
blue ribbons
wake up
in a dreary
nuclear
afterworld
another
murder
another
drug bust
another
child left
to suffer
you were
promised
utopia
a world
of unicorns
and blue
ribbons
now you’ll
finally see
the reality
your parents
were scared
of
*
such luck
dance with fire
once and don’t
get burned
how soon do
you test such
luck
she’s a lady
that needs to
be stroked but
never abused
and you’re just
another drunk
pretending to
be a man
quite the recipe
for a mistake
bound to make
the evening
news
