causes of all my problems,
but I’m not astute
but I’m not astute
enough to candle the truth
that’s at the bottom
of the chasm. Roots
that’s at the bottom
of the chasm. Roots
know better than to dig too deep—
wise rhizomes
more astute
wise rhizomes
more astute
than I am, with my cute
ghosts and golems,
on my Kurtzian quest to know the root.
ghosts and golems,
on my Kurtzian quest to know the root.
Show it to me! Don’t stint
on the solemn,
awful news! How astute
on the solemn,
awful news! How astute
I am, and I’m going to hell to boot!
Worst thing will be the earworms—
old rhymes that keep reverberating
in my hazmat suit.
Worst thing will be the earworms—
old rhymes that keep reverberating
in my hazmat suit.
