i've been sucking on the teet of neoliberalism
for a quarter century or more
i've been blaming all my bad behaviour
for a shot at being interesting
i am lost in the mist of attainment
and a lifelong obsession to win
instead of making my peace with my failures
and sticking with what i've been in
i've been dabbling in the art of misanthropism
in an effort to look like i'm bored
i've been slamming my chips on the table
with a self-destructive frequency
i have harboured the heart of a traitor
a tiger that's lost all its teeth
and now ireland is sleeping with strangers
hell bent on asset stripping
gun
gun
what's that?
has that cat got your gun?
i've been sucking on the teet of neo-liberalism
for a quarter century or more
i've been rubbing shoulders with imperialist scumbags
obsessed with their filth and their scrawl
i've been pushed to the end of my patience
pretending to act like my peers
i reject all their miseducation
i'm sticking with how i'm feeling
