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Patchwork Quilt

from Archives by Charlie Crane

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wasn't it you that said
we started off dead
and we'll go back if we don't watch it?
we're born from dirt and lust
we started off dust
but we still think that we are hot shit

we used to hunt for food
pick berries in the nude
until they all began to shrivel
we thought we had to hide
our animalistic side
because we feared being uncivil

so we evolved
and problem-solved
exploited our resources all to the hilt
denying urges
we emerged and
turned this world into a patchwork quilt

and so we moved and killed
built cities on a hill
but we never could perfect them
because this world's too large
so we put someone in charge
and let an even mind direct them

we made some rules and laws
we had a noble cause
until we got drunk off our power
and so we started wars
with people who ignore
the fact we have the biggest towers

we'll soon be gone
we've got the bomb
and someday we'll tear down the roads we have built
i've looked around
and i have found
this world is naught but a patchwork quilt

i went to town last fall
saw a sticker on the wall
that said a strong man needs no leaders
and right next to the sign
i saw a lady cryin'
askin' me if I could feed her

although i gave her a dime
i still see her every time
i stick a fork into my dinner
we're all so fat and content
in the 98%
while the bottom half gets thinner

if we don't change our views
i can't watch the news
without being totally stricken by guilt
but we won't change our ways
and so some days
i want to just tear up this patchwork quilt

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from Archives, released November 30, 2017

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