Tear Gas

My gun’s loaded

with tear gas.

I want to make you cry

because you shot me in the leg

while I was dancing

in the sky


with stars and love

and harmony

and truth

-seeking

dichotomy

before the moon was full,

you see...


I guess you couldn't stand it,

and so you had to cripple me.

It's as you do to many,

and though I lie here bandaged, 

I am the Avenging Bandit


for in my hand

I have something

that's fully loaded

just for you,

though it's not loaded

with steel bullets

for “Thou shalt not kill,”

it's not my style,

and rising above

in style

is my guile.


So even if your heart

can't make you cry

because it's black

and empty and dry

and you have no idea

what it's like to wear these shoes,

what it's like to pour booze

on the wound

when the pus does ooze,


but what's an antiseptic after all?

Plus, I'll get back up!

even if, at first, I crawl…


Yes, I have tear gas,

and as vamp slayer,

I’ll incapacitate your every layer.


So go ahead and call me the vamp 

that, actually, is you,

but do it 'til you're blue,

'cause your petty claims

just aren't true.


I'll leave you like

a tortoise in a shell,

cowering in a corner

while they're saying, “Well, well, well.

There, true evil be exposed!”

And they'll be pointing,

sword-betrothed...


Yes, I'm chomping at the bit

to show the world 

how you're corrupt


for if you don't know

how real tears feel

have tear gas and

shut up.


2014



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