No Disguises

A little tube
With which to shout
A little read out
Who cares

It’s not as if
You have a gift
Or slight of reason
Who cares

Oh no disguises
This time
Keep out the undermining
This time

Hold off distraction
And held out rewards
Of what’s not
Hasn’t got
Couldn’t take
Isn’t needed

And so it goes
Another night
Another reason
No fire
An empty sheet
Another beaten
Set of fingers
No fire

All that is shown
Is someone else’s vain construction
And all that has flown
Has less degrees of comprehension
And all that grown
Is wreathed in trails of open bottles
All that is known
Carries on in silence
Carries on in silence

Oh no disguises
This time
Keep out the undermining
This time