Save us
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What will save us now?
Is it a thermodynamic hydra of
manic depressive action?
Is it hidden under the loam of a quagmire,
an inscrutable swamp of
nuclear technomagical fire?
What will save us now?
Is it eight percent simply interesting
federally guaranteed lies;
roadkill attracting flies?

Does it sleep covered by newsprint
in the back of a condemned
antebellum cathedral?
What will save us now?
Did I pass it on the mile long
hike home from the spot where
I swapped shoes with a madman?
Is ait suspended in my eighth beer
while the lost soul on stage
wails the blues?
What will save us now?

Can I find it a the dollar store,
or out front from a two dollar whore?
Is it encrypted in a flag
waving on a lonely foreign shore?
What will save us now?
Is it a talking dog unraveling its
tale in a sideshow slideshow?
Is it ingredient X in the
mystical special sauce?

Do I eat it, do I smoke it,
Do I choke it, do I bleed it?
Where do I find it when we need it?
What will save us now?
I Saw it on TV
Porchsitting Vision
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