Hello Beautiful Being
Yes, you
This song
Kinda for posterity
Song like a story a little bit gory
With the possibility for glory
Gonna tell ya' 'bout it
These days I rarely choose
To hear the news
Never mind listen
Well unless it's from those journalists
PMS on ESPN
Who reminds us to be a friend
Tell a friend something nice
To me, great advice
The other day on PMS
They talked about
The poopin' going on in France
People lowering their pants
To take a dump in the Seine
From a certain POV: hilarious
A protest in Paris to disprove the river Seine
Is safe to swim in when
2024 Olympics that's when
Poopin' going on in France
People lowering their pants
Taking a dump in the River Seine
A certain POV: hilarious
Protest in Paris
As I regale this tale
I prefer to be more in the present
Not give protests much attention
Not have stuff like this linger
In my consciousness
Yet, what can I say
The very next day
The thoughts seemed to think me
W T F? How can that be
People actually agree to and do
Poop in the Seine
Again and again
My knee-jerk:
These are acts meant to debase
Like cutting off one's nose
To spite their face
Those encouraging... protesting for
And those... Poopin' in the Seine
I was trying not to condemn
Not to judge, not to attack
So I took a figurative step back
How can this be a blessing
I asked until it occurred to me
Maybe... What if
Poopin' in the Seine
Again and again
Is like a metaphor for consciousness
Anytime... EVERY time I condemn
It's like poopin' in the Seine
Seems to me
We don't start out polluted
Who we truly are is quite divine
With consciousness safe enough for swimming
Yet every time we condemn
Whether consciously or not
It's like poopin' in the Seine
Before we know it what we got
Polluted consciousness
Seems kinda obvious to me
To transform gory into glory
STOP
Poopin' in the Seine
Again and again
Be aware
In the moment confronted with
The metaphoric thought urge
Poopin' in the Seine
Give that thought a purge
THINK DIFFERENT
Redeeming thoughts
P.S. Poop in the Seine
Or don't
Just seems energy used for the protest
Could have been used to clean the river Seine
In other words,
We think thoughts all day
Takes the same amount of energy
Employs the same amount of work
To think condemning or redeeming
Meanwhile... mind the results
Water safe enough to swim
Or a river of poop streaming
God bless you, beautiful being
God bless us everyone
God bless the world
We're all in this together
The End