Burn me up
in your little dust bowl.
Trash Can Man;
drive that thing
as fast as you can.
Complicated days.
Underappreciated,
but lived
and died
side stage.
Overflow the oil pan.
Just another day
in Don’t-give-a-fuck-istan.
No way to escape,
so be a savage king.
Don’t need to believe a word;
you know everything.
Turn up the heat further.
You’ll never bend metal,
unless the temperature
is as hot as your soul.
Small town,
big city,
no big deal.
All that matters
is the open road.
No hope,
no friends,
and no consequences.
I’ve outgrown
the taunts and the tails,
the heartbreaks and the failures.
The end
won’t be like the beginning.
I’m gonna find
the brightest lights
and the smoothest
stretch of pavement
and burn my way
out of this world.
You never knew me.
You never wanted to.
HG – 2021
