Grooming My Replacement

truth comes in twos

one is mine

one is yours

gossip reaffirms

what you thought that you heard

now you’re deaf, blind

dumb and confused

so you spew like a sewer of your truth

until you purge it out

all those words that you puked

turned our blue into brown

i’m grooming my replacement

consuming all their hatred

the insects come to life

under the movie lights

i keep a list in my mind of the times that you cried “neophyte”

you wear me like a suit

spine upright. filled with screws

stand up tall

like your old man wanted you to

show some gall

and be mean

like i want you to be

i’m grooming my replacement

consuming all their hatred

i'm grooming my replacement

consuming all their hatred

accruing a debt that you can't afford

but you’ve heard it all, said it all, done it before

i gnawed at your center

i rotted your core

but you’ve heard it all

said it all

right?

i'm.already.in.your.mind

your brain's a vehicle for my failures

so give me the fucking light

give me the

(light)

give me the fucking light

give me the