chasing cacti

the toilet swirled
and I woke up in this white picket fence world

all supersized, ritzified
franchised buffets for the brave
a.k.a.
the nuclear family

Baby's first cries.
the denizens on fat burning pills
the people as real as the feel o' buttock tucks, botox, and curls

soccer moms sportin' pearls
they constantly cluck , chit chat, brag about brats
fathers possess, assess their kid’s performance
it doesn't make sense. You mean PTA ain't public television access?
yes, the assimilation begins in school

the toilet swirled
and I woke up in this white picket fence world

check out the girls waddlin’ in
Run in groups, run in packs
shakin their ass, bulimic pacts
and they haven't even hit first grade yet
and the boys?
total social hierarchies
wanna be men, just like Joe
who needs science to make clones

I fell outta bed, hit mah head
on the bright white white wheels of this white picket fence world

The women go, “Am I getting fat?”
The men have trouble taking a crap.
Folks waiting to get heart attacks.
College, work, then mid-life crises
of missing personalities
Finding yourself at middle age
Is So Fucking predictable! So Late.
Yet we still make the same mistake.

the toilet swirled
and I woke up in this white picket fence world