Χάρων ψυχοπομπός ~ Friday, November 28, 2025

Try not to read the news or watch TV
how people melt down from heat and pressure
each night, anxiety comes in a dream

radiators work well as you can see
arguments in the past lay out the path
discussions become less and less, measure
internal pressure with a primal scream
as a kettle whistle comes to a boil
nothing but economics, simple math
to plan ahead, all your ducks in a row

heat from the radiators wakes me up
external pressure to put on a show
actually makes my chest hurt, a cup
to take off the heat and pressure, a foil

cancel culture dismisses all our lives
as judgments destroy life after life hung
not on trees like strange fruit, lynched by others

maybe helping see the night of long knives
as a metaphor applies as structure
kindness with a long hug, people get flung
each day, like baggage from the train, brothers

yet, not enough money to go around
only for billionaires, there is no cure
until population, people find out
requires tweaks to the system, they fall

brilliantly, shooting stars, without a doubt
remember these are people, names you call
answers come or do not, some have lost ground
indeed, we act as if life were a race
nothing more, nothing less, winners, losers

maybe to live this life without a trace
engineered by structural mechanics
lets the battleships fight, and the cruisers
transport personnel without any tricks