Future Label: Poison

Bitter bile this dawn --
realize, and remember again
what you already knew,
ever the fool.
the scar never thick enough --
the acid has, is, will
burned, burning, burn always --
such is the fate of a fool.

I refuse
not one word will I recant
..............do not ingest
I refuse
not one swallowed word will I regret
..............do not ingest
I refuse
not one word, I say, I yell, I scream
I refuse!

no mater how fleeting
flames, fires always die --
no matter how draped in pretense
(bile sometimes beguiles the fool)
no matter his words
funny how acid appears as water
as loveless as mine are true --
such is the devotion of a fool.

Yet I refuse
not one syllable will I be repent
..............harmful or fatal if swallowed
I refuse
not one syllable will I renounce
..............harmful or fatal if swallowed
I refuse
not one syllable, I say, I yell, I scream
I refuse!

Bitter ache this dusk --
realize, and memorize again
what you always knew,
ever the fool.
the wounds never diminish enough --
the lesson has, is, will
burned, burning, burn always --
such is the sorrow of a fool.