One Seventeen

To bend the will
of another mans
mind
is a crime we define
as borderline acceptable
to watch for the thrill
as another man dies
is a line we'll cross
with some type of chemical
the way that a priest
or the weatherman
lies
defines what we find
as ethical behavior
when the storm rolls by
and you're still outside
know it's gonna rain on
you and your neighbor

Cake Who're

She is not mine or anyone else's
I try to be selfless in the way I embellish
my words
I try to be honest in the way that I talk
to her
for one true thing
is all I need
to have a little faith in humanity
to turn this anger into something better
than hate
to turn this rage into something
that turns a page
and nothing less
than my absolute best