Mike Kilo Bravo

Stupid stupid shit
Played my role with relish:
Warm soft hand on the brow
White-cloaked harbinger of healing
Prided myself on not being maternal
In the conventional sense
But wasn’t this also maternal - ?
Dispensing salve
Marble-pedestalled
Magnanimous

Stupid stupid shit
Fingered the wrong villain
Aligned with the wrong side
Should’ve worn my pocks with pride
My t-shirted, pants-less
My whiskey for breakfast
Instead of pretending primrose
Should’ve backed the one
Who was messy and fearless
Prodding his denial so hard
He shot a gun in the air

You were the one who blared it loud
The unvarnished nihilistic truth
In fact you knew him better than I
And for that he wrung his hands
As if he were the preacher
And you his stray flock
Some kind of nerve - !
I should’ve had your back

These boys have superhuman self awareness
So when do the excuses stop

And I don’t mean to overemphasize
These parts you and I were born with
It’s just these stupid shit times we’re in
I’m hoping one day it won’t matter so much

We’re all old and been through the mill
Who cares what people say
What I do on the socials when it’s late
and I’ve got some courage in me
'Cos time is a bitch
And it’s something I know
We all know