Here is a new poem about terrible people being terrible. The first line is a riff on the first line from Rilo Kiley's "Love and War (11/11/46)": "all is fair in love and we're in love".
The poem as a whole seems to be a result of how I spend way too much time listening to the music of the Mountain Goats, as I have been doing since 2002. You would think I would find a new favorite band already, but nope. My love for tMG is eternal and unceasing.
"not divorced blues"
all is fair on drugs, and we're on drugs
we like to tell ourselves
that we're only harming each other
you think, you always think you can
you think you can hide vodka from me
but i am supernatural
your best bet is to always drink quickly
may there be consequences, and may they be hilarious
so, you fucked the neighbor for two cigarettes
fine, i just banged his wife out of boredom
i miss when you had interesting hobbies
sometimes you used to even piss me off
if you won't give me a divorce, then give me a distraction
set a few buildings on fire
or spark a moderate uprising
against the local city government
the whole city gov is bullshit
the cops, the mayor
and every other goddamn city employee
they're all on bribes or dope or both
i encourage reckless drug abuse
but no one has ever been honest for money
legalize drunk driving again
we want to kill with our cars, as our ancestors did
we'll never be done with this town
we can't even end our bastard failure of a marriage
we did some awful shit last week
we should be arrested any minute now
we could use some time in prison
they will force our separation, there will be no other possible choice
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