Motorway made of seashells

from One Day Eyesore An Eye by Martin Christie

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Motorway made of sea shells

Kingdom of shallow mediocrity
Jurisdiction of conformity
House of sad obedience
Office full of hedonists
Kept away from their loves.

There's a motorway made of sea shells
Wasteland of shifting corpses
City cast from bronze
Garden filled with slugs
Dying from the salt.

Business built on air
Paper bag full of bean counters
Cars that run on chicken shit
Totality of strangers
Soaking up the quiet

If we must see all the sides of an argument
Then how, will we ever make amends
For Lord it is true that in these chaotic times
There's nothing left, left to be defined.

Complexity versus conformity
Conformist poets share adversity
Shock tactics fail to shock
Bored generations are boring

YouTube consumers won't listen
Google users, Google themselves
Death at the hands of a selfie
Priority name drops are not welcome here

Happiness and strength of character
Sublime takes on humanity
Journalists praise conformity
Orator without depth or meaning for the planet

But in the end we will remain, true to everything
We see, that can't be understood
For Lord it is true that in these chaotic times
There's nothing left, left to be defined.

Truncated demands of the super rich
Who did little for their wealth
Islands made of sand
Destroyed by the storms
A phlebotomy of vampire blood
Black market of organs
Lives that can't be saved
Memories of present dreams and pleasant dreams ..

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from One Day Eyesore An Eye, released April 6, 2020

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Martin Christie England, UK

Martin Christie is a song writer and writer based in Yorkshire (UK). He wrote Open Mic Travels & Electronic Music Travels. Formerly performing as Poet & the Loops, and singer/composer with Old Man Pie.

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