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Eviction Notice
Another storm warning is on the news
how many this week, three? plus maybe another two
all with the the same message, same ol' chant
the RENT is DUE, the RENT is DUE
a tsunami has hit my neighbors' place
their stuff tossed out, their kids, the lucky ones now homeless
the bill is long, our debts are deep
a flash flood warning
debt collectors have started to ring,
my time is near
i travel far, skip oceans and continents
escape the harassment, lay low in some foreign land
but my land lady owns it, she's just so fuckin everywhere
heat waves and hail storms deliver her texts
Katrina, Irene, Tomas and Ike
her avenging soldiers, a hint of her incredible might
the clock is ticking
next, she started getting nasty
shaking the floors underneath us, fires are now aplenty
breaking our things as we broke hers
armageddon's just her way of warning her tenants
lest they be replaced by tidy phantoms
those that found no place in Hades's crowded kingdom
dead souls can't beat us the world's destruction champions
maybe their presence will give her peace while she slowly rejuvenates
so we look up at the classifieds
that lay dark between the twinkles at night
some still not finished, some just too far
some already inhabited by 'aliens' just not up to par
that leaves us at square one
with what some call mother, earth, nature, and many other nicknames
who hears we will soon check out,
and maybe move out to Mars
another branch of her ever expanding franchise
she sends us a letter, stamped with death and dark smoke
an eviction notice has been signed and delivered to us all
ominously hanging over every catastrophe we hear of
there on the bottom is the amount due
what we owe her for all the years plus damages plus interest of course
and still counting....
how many this week, three? plus maybe another two
all with the the same message, same ol' chant
the RENT is DUE, the RENT is DUE
a tsunami has hit my neighbors' place
their stuff tossed out, their kids, the lucky ones now homeless
the bill is long, our debts are deep
a flash flood warning
debt collectors have started to ring,
my time is near
i travel far, skip oceans and continents
escape the harassment, lay low in some foreign land
but my land lady owns it, she's just so fuckin everywhere
heat waves and hail storms deliver her texts
Katrina, Irene, Tomas and Ike
her avenging soldiers, a hint of her incredible might
the clock is ticking
next, she started getting nasty
shaking the floors underneath us, fires are now aplenty
breaking our things as we broke hers
armageddon's just her way of warning her tenants
lest they be replaced by tidy phantoms
those that found no place in Hades's crowded kingdom
dead souls can't beat us the world's destruction champions
maybe their presence will give her peace while she slowly rejuvenates
so we look up at the classifieds
that lay dark between the twinkles at night
some still not finished, some just too far
some already inhabited by 'aliens' just not up to par
that leaves us at square one
with what some call mother, earth, nature, and many other nicknames
who hears we will soon check out,
and maybe move out to Mars
another branch of her ever expanding franchise
she sends us a letter, stamped with death and dark smoke
an eviction notice has been signed and delivered to us all
ominously hanging over every catastrophe we hear of
there on the bottom is the amount due
what we owe her for all the years plus damages plus interest of course
and still counting....
Published 1st Oct 2011
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- Edited 13th Sep 2018 6:45am
10th Oct 2011 8:23am
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