Sleep Long

Operation Ivy

One day I saw a man asleep 
In a doorway on the street 
Thru walls of sheltered 
Inhibition I perceived his 
Condition dying of hunger 
And exposure, food and shelter 
Two blocks over within 
This place we breed and 
Dwell in we've created living hell 
Sleep long sleep well 
Only to awake in hell 
City sleeps and pigeons flutter 
Vagrant dies in the gutter 
Prideless death somehow befitting 
To life spent working on forgetting 
Riding on the bus I looked outside and thought about death 
Passing cars the only tribute to his gasping final breath 
Sleep long sleep well 
Only to awake in hell 
(Constant subliminal brain immersion 
Subconscious death wish coercion 
Buy and consume and want and need 
Never fall from the trap of greed) 
I thought about the bitter pain of jail cells 
And falling rain I thought ahead and looked away 
What can you do anyway in sheltered youth and our 
Pretension 
Avert our eyes to divert attention 
Only to see the himan victims always there to remind us 
Sleep long sleep well 
Only to awake in hell
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