THERE'S ALWAYS THE OCEAN

THERE'S ALWAYS THE OCEAN
by matt burns

Hypnotic colors and whirlpool-like funnels
The MTV announcer dude's voice is slowed down and hypnotic
Miley keeps sticking her tongue out like a serpent
Nicki has this big headdress on her
She looks like some sort of goddess
There's men on their knees below her
Goddess worship, like in Babylon
Another guy's riding in some chariot like a pharaoh
Then, a singer named "the weeknd" is dancing around in flames
Kanye's blabbering on about art
What is art, Kanye?
What I'm seeing on this TV right now?
He ends by saying he smoked weed before the show
Ice Cube's son looks high, too
Cube's hands are locked, thumbs forming a pyramid
Illuminati symbolism all over the place
All-seeing eyes et al.
Then Miley's performance is the finale
Everyone onstage looks like demonic creatures
There's this large disturbing mouth on a screen behind her
The mouth has mud and blood and cum oozing out of it
Everybody's playing with their crotches
Dancers in thongs turn around and spread their ass cheeks
Post-show, Miley smokes a joint on camera
Hands it over to a photographer who smokes the rest
What the fuck am I watching?

Lucky for me, I'm about a hundred yards from the beach
At least I can walk right into the ocean
Submerge myself in salt water, smother myself with seaweed
Cleanse myself from what I just watched on the TV
This ocean's the purest thing left in this world
So charged with good energy
The lungs of God, right here
Breathing good energy into this world
Replacing what the VMA's just sucked out of it

When the world gets all devil on you
And makes you think God is dead
There's always the ocean
It may be far away for some
Closer for others
But it's out there
There's always the ocean

NEW POEM INSPIRED BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS!

A thousand thanks to Pharrell Williams for inspiring this poem!

DON’T BE HAPPY

by matt burns

The song on the radio

By that guy

Pharrell Williams

Says I’m happy

Over

And over again

It’s positive psychology

Keep telling yourself you’re happy

And you’ll be happy

If there’s bad stuff going on in the news…

Be happy

If your job sucks

Be happy

If you’re struggling to make ends meet

Be happy

If your government is corrupt

Be happy

Don’t be dissatisfied

Dissatisfaction is negativity

And nobody likes a Negative Nancy

Be complacent

Be satisfied

Be happy

But here’s what I want to tell you…

Happiness is satisfaction

And satisfaction is death

While dissatisfaction

Is life

Don’t be happy

Be dissatisfied

Live 

Change

Make a difference

Don’t be complacent

With

The 

Bullshit

Don’t be pacified

Like 

A

Zombie

Who’s just grinning non-stop

Happy 

And out of the way

Also

Pharrell Williams

Is

A

Whore

Giving people what they want

But not what they need

Like spoon-feeding sugar

To a child

Who 

Needs

Medicine