Nothing Beautiful

Odds

first I drank insecticide


a little more each day


followed by dirty and sugary foods


grown where the light was grey


later my thoughts were small and sharp


adapted to their purpose


to extract the fuel from fat


under the lovely surface





'cause nothing beautiful


nothing beautiful lasts





moved to a ghost town for inspiration


I could start where they'd given up


feed on the seed of the dreams people left


out to rot when the going got tough


cockroaches turn adversity to immunity


there ain't a niche lower in the animal kingdom


or one with more longevity





'cause nothing beautiful


nothing beautiful lasts





easier to deny what is real


and what's solid and what you can see


if you bulldoze the bankrupted buildings


failure's the dust that settles on the trees





'cause nothing beautiful


nothing beautiful lasts...