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Cleanup Duty

from Cleanup Duty by Mattie Konig

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What happened here
You reek of beer
And someone’s scrawled ''dickhead'' on your forehead
Crumbs across the floor
And groggy bodies in sleeping bags
You must have had fun last night
But now it’s day
This is no state
To leave the place you call home in

Fellow partygoers might help you
But their help might not be enough
Mucking in a little won’t kill you
Better get a dustpan and brush

Serve no masters
Rep no creeds
Beyond what your lifestyle needs
Make some sense of what you could be
You’re on cleanup duty

The country views were nothing short of sublime
And even sloshed Arcadia still came to mind
You fantasised of life not ransomed to flame
Because you feared you’d see the day that we’d pay for Rizlas on blоckchain

But why pretend
That it’s the end
When there’s still chapters yet to be written
Smiles can save the day
And words can shape what comes down the line
You’ve got potential within you
Just all it needs
A little squeeze
To get it out where it matters

So if you dance will you jig merrily
Or will you just put a different skirt on
Not changing the steps
Left foot first then back again

And if you sing will you wail threnodies
Or will you join in the dawn chorus
Hark the morning light
Keep the haunters out of sight

I was once a wonderer
But now I know that wonder walks all around us
Are you still a wonderer
Or has the grip of wonder slipped away from us

Throwing different kinds of parties up in the trees
Building different kinds of cities on conquered worlds
Burning different kinds of fuels up in the skies
Walking different kinds of naked in new empires

Pushing, pulling
Pushing, pulling
Pushing, pulling
Planting, razing
Planting, razing
Searing, freezing
Searing, freezing
Screaming, crying
Screaming, crying
Screaming, crying
Screaming, crying

And just like that the dream was washed out to sea
And on the pier the arcade padlocked its shutters
And when the news defended brigands and thieves
You made a vow to have some fun with the toys you saved from this clutter

And before your last great regression
Ready to descend somewhere new
You were baited by one last question
Was there any more you could do

Serve no masters
Rep no creeds
’Til your last breath walk this Earth free
Find the truth in all you will be
Call that cleanup duty

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from Cleanup Duty, released January 14, 2022

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