"they sharpen their knives on my constant mistakes"

you pass the judgment as i pass the moments
by Matt Freire

you pass the judgment as i pass the moments
you pass the rationale like a cigarette
between rebellious high school deviants
all as i embrace the absurd
because I’m not able
i am Kane
i pitch a landslide of fires
just to make it rain
ashes fall on the absent night
and i chuckle as my skin is powdered
i am so close to this heaven
just outside the mysterious gate
"they sharpen their knives
on my constant mistakes" (1)

i sharpen my angle as she said
she's going down the bottle
i said i'm going down the drain she snaked
she said she wasn't big enough to carry it
she's weak
feebly pathetically discrete and quiet
she needs relief
so i convinced her in jolting whispers
i coerced her in a roundabout way
to get behind the ox
follow the morning plow
stir your whiskey with a nail
and have a stand naked
at the bottom of the cross
and tell the good lord what i did

crows prostrate on the power lines
grimacing they defecate taunts towards me
overhead the source light retreats from darkness
malice is my skimming involvement
whispers of why fade like a child’s request
assault bag is packed
seams unstitching themselves
as if they are all knowing
my car has all the gas it can stomach
as the man’s fingering the noose
satisfaction i give few
and scarcely receive
i journey in
i exit out
roads of circumstances and locations
disappear in the distance(2)

Footnotes:
(1) Modified line from "Make It Rain." Written by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Waits-Brennan
Published by: Jalma Music (ASCAP), © 2004. Official release: Real Gone, (P) & © 2004 Anti Inc.

(2) I was listening to Tom Waits' music for a day, went on a mission, wrote this poem, and then realized the Waitses' lyrics, concepts and ideas were appearing.... apologies to the Waitses. Also, thank you to the Waitses.

Photos:

Top: Local Afghani kids in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan on 17 Jul. 2009.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED)

Middle: Afghans sit out side their collats while Afghan National Army soldiers search the area during Operation Champion Sword on Jul. 28, 2009. Operation Champion Sword is a joint operation involving Afghanistan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces focused on specific militant targets and safe havens within Sabari and Terezai Districts of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / )

Bottom: Afghan National Army soldier jokes with a child during Operation Champion Sword Sabari Afghanistan on Jul. 28, 2009. Operation Champion Sword is a joint operation involving Afghanistan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces focused on specific militant targets and safe havens within Sabari and Terezai Districts of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire / RELEASED)