New Year! Pt. 2

from Oh Shoot! by The Michael Character

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On New Year's Day, the sickness took hold my fragile body
Some time away from my routines // a little acetone to break apart the bonds of me
So I’m a pile of inflamed mucus membrane
Lymph nodes tender
Sinus headache
It’s been four days and I haven’t accomplished goddamn anything
Meanwhile on the world stage:
The Empire slaps a stamp on the End of Days
Licks the seal and sends it away
With a press report saying “Drone Assassination’s Okay!”
False pretense for to unbalance in favor of NATO the regional powers
Intervention’s back, full throttle, man
Thanks Obama for the Libyan model

What does it look like to live against Empire?
What are the metrics of efficacy?
‘Cause there are people who’ve been at it for decades
And here we are on the threshold of war again
State Department talking heads yell in every American kitchen
Hateful xenophobic dipshits hold hands tight
WIth imperialist warhawks, left and right
And the self-righteous liberals show their true colors
Approving state terror
But questioning the plan for what’s coming

So here I am, on the couch again
Elderberry effervescents
Final Fantasy VII [the PS1 original, not the remake]
Trying to go to bed by 6:45pm
For the energy to kick it with Milner for the last time
Tomorrow we dine!
Breakfast at Steve’s, 8:30am so we beat the line
As thousands of people pour into the streets
I’ll be nursing my sick ass to health for a week
And hopefully when I can breathe again
I can do my little part
To halt
The storm
That’s coming

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from Oh Shoot!, released October 23, 2020

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It's political music, whatever. Based in Boston, MA. Absolutely willing to drive very far to play for you and five of your vaguely alternative friends in your combination kitchen/laundry room. Hit me up. I'm fully serious.

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