Simple X

Some people wake up on Monday mornings

barring maelstroms and red flare warnings

with no explosions and no surprises

perform a series of exercises

hold your~ fire

take your~ place around an open fire

before your neurons

declare a crisis

before your trace

Serotonin rises

before you're reading your

coffee grounds and

before a pundit can

make a sound and

before you're reading your

list of vices

perform the simplest

exercises

so here at the end the war is over

there's nothing left to defend no cliffs of Dover

so let us put down our pens and this concludes our test

our minds are scattered about from hell to breakfast

hold your~ fire

take your~ place around an open fire (don't open fire)

before your neurons

declare a crisis

before your trace

Serotonin rises

before you're reading your

list of vices

perform the simplest

exercises

oh~

oh~ hold your fire