Be
I'm ghost and background
Rug and hand-me-downs
And it's stabbed in my chest
Breaking my heart into pieces
Which I duct tape back together in vain
Since these veins have seen concrete run
And palpitate through them
I'm poem and playground
Gun and lead rounds
And it's followed by the tragedy
Of a self-loathing existence
Which rots by itself into its own minimal prey
Since the endless shades of grey
Shock in colorless states
I'm sub and fertile ground
Con and profound
And America is a metaphor
Waiting to be recited
But the mouth of poverty can't speak
The words of patriotic poetry
I, blue collar, hears
I'm ghost and background
Rug and hand-me-downs
And it's stabbed in my chest
Breaking my heart into pieces
Which I duct tape back together in vain
Since these veins have seen concrete run
And palpitate through them
I'm poem and playground
Gun and lead rounds
And it's followed by the tragedy
Of a self-loathing existence
Which rots by itself into its own minimal prey
Since the endless shades of grey
Shock in colorless states
I'm sub and fertile ground
Con and profound
And America is a metaphor
Waiting to be recited
But the mouth of poverty can't speak
The words of patriotic poetry
I, blue collar, hears