Bass-Ackwards
Mather Schneider
I was having a little problem with endings
so I stopped creating beinnings.
The beginning and the end
meet
when there is nothing in the middle,
no substance to get in the way.
Take my advice youngsters and be original,
learn what it means (so you can tell me and I know
you'll tell me). Are we guilty of bad advice
if the advice is not taken? I'm afraid
it's fire and brimstone for the likes of
this cowboy.
I was having a problem with endings, so I threw away
beginnings. I stopped participating in this
sadistic disappointment. As a reflex
survival mechanism my body and mind learned
to find disappointment in itself, simply
in the way I hunch around on
this flat earth. Actually,
this entire world irks me in almost
every way, and this is the truth of it. Perhaps
I exert more energy being irritated
than most people
say I should,
but there is indeed something wrong with us
and if laughter is not on our side
then friends you will one day teach me how
to pity. We work and we work when the laughter
is right here beside the sickness. I rise up
on my toes
and again the world is round. You see it is best
that I forget about beginnings,
and start with a tremdous end.
