NDP (JOEL & I WROTE A SONG)

Army with harmony
Jack take a load off us

NDP, I will explain it
take you frame by frame and
I hope all the voters retain it
N is for National, and the D’s for Democratic
The Party.....that's well established

They're sorta like well another way to call them’s the new party
They’re left, and socialist’s how they're regarded
Layton’s the leader and you know his wife’s an MP too
Olivia Chow’s her name and they say she’s best at what she do

Bust it

NDP stands for fixing healthcare and our civic pride
reducing poverty and they give our gay friends high fives
There’d be no tax breaks for the big corporate companies
And the environment’s at the forefront where it oughta be
Their platform calls for taking all the practical steps first
Bring doctors home and we will pay them what they’re really worth
Strengthening pensions, work with province retirement savings
They wanna see you work and kickstart the economy
How many people out there know just what I'm gettin' at
Who’s not sure where their vote is going, this is where it’s at
It’s NDP and now you know, you must down with it
Here you go, here's your membership

You’re down with NDP (Yeah you know me)
You’re down with NDP (Yeah you know me)
You’re down with NDP (Yeah you know me)
We’re down with NDP (and their policies)

As for the family, NDP wants you t’be happy
They wanna cap cards fees and keep heating tax federal free
They’d like ta give consumers control over cell phone bills
Who wouldn’t wanna pay a little less, now that’s a thrill
There’s one last thing that I think we should def’nitly talk about
Let’s clean up Ottawa and work the minority thing out
Let’s commit to getting things done and stop the scandals now
The NDP’s the only party that’s worth reppin’ whaaaa

You’re down with NDP (Yeah you know me)
You’re down with NDP (Yeah you know me)
You’re down with NDP (Yeah you know me)
We’re down with NDP (and their policies)

SICK IN THE HEAD

How about, take this story
repeat it assiduously
exercising every syllable
with light heart and grateful head

still afflicted
just enough

this day's not done talking
this story's not done grieving
this color-enhanced violence
is taking it's time feeding

stick it out
stay the course

we're just small-time dealers
of patience and restraint
contextual mediocrity
avoiding really big mistakes

it's just a myth
you want more

we're not searching for validity
that's only a charade
you take all of my offerings
i barely see your face

maybe there is more to this
maybe i'm just sick in the head




POST-MORTEM

the distended day
swaddled in business casual small talk

rhythmically stylized key strokes
peppered with off-coloured jokes

long-walk stretches to alleviate continuous compression 
of a catatonic forth floor view

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any semblance of a creative life requires a professional contortionist, 
or the possibility of becoming an addict

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maybe it's an aversion to stability
maybe things are still opening
maybe neutral connections
are eroding my resiliency


if you catch me and i'm tired enough
you'll get what you want




A DAY, A MIND

light reflects off a sturdy generation
clotted opinions subside

your mouth would have (could have)
whimpered whatever middle class sedentary giddiness it desired
my pregnant judgments resign

.......

narcissistic thoughts expand (  )

.......

pressure's absence seems to fill this skull
...clever motives
...echo'd kindness
...an idea of heaven
...an idea of now

.......

behind these eyes revealed

  • consequence of an appetite
  • astringent needs 
  • biting honesty 
  • pedestrian epiphanies

                                           
(for fun)

THE BLENDS

these relationships, or clumsy attempts
encourage cliches - void of depth

helpless gestures repel
become painfully pronounced

i'm validated by vestigial love 
deep denial indeed

even this (appropriate environment for loss and abandonment)
leaves only a shattered sense of  modern glory