my generation

i've seen the best minds of
my generation running on empty,
super glued to the T.V.,
dreaming of prosperity,
talking incessently...
saying nothing

sleeping on platforms in train stations
sipping on chemical cocktails
alive to the universe
and dead to the world

hallucinating delusions of mediocrity and candied
desperate in the pursuit of cool
he's in a suit
she's in a straightjacket

7-11 nightmares at 3am

i've seen the best minds of my generation
caught up in the virtual reality of living
memorizing pin numbers and secret codes
swaying robotically to nonexistant rhythmns
flashing membership to clubs so exclusive that no one belongs

scaredshitlesswitlesscluelessuseless
tightfistedtightlippedtightassedhalfassed
assickingcokesniffingmoneygrabbingegojabbing

snivelinggroveling
moaninggroaning

the city's all wrapped up in plastic like an electronic cocoon
if you lay in the street you can hear it humming
filling up slowly from underground
if you close your eyes you can observe the blue prints
the man-made DNA that spirals
breathlessly out of control
as synapses collapse
bridges snap
into a restless utopia

jesus said
lay down your arms
jesus said
children come home

my generation

- "Nutopia", Pigface