24 Fantastic

Just another day in the hood...

"24 Fantastic"

Somewhere
Beyond windows passed
Someone is sleeping
As attentions are sought
In the steady rotation
Of red and blue
With the usual bloated suits
Attending to the lone stranger
Facing away
Contemplating the moment come...
It's bound to happen right?

Children fixate
Pulled away only
By the MSG
Of chicken wings and fried rice
Dealt every-other corner
To bomb every-other bowl
Because mama has to work
Extra-late
On the second job
For that pair of blue religions
They swear were true
But not for a home-cooked meal
She wouldn't even know
Were it placed directly under her nose...

A man walks swiftly by this scene
He couldn't be bothered
Like water off a duck's back
He lets it fall away
Focusing on point B
The smirk on his face telling me
Aint nothin' changed but the date
Here
There
Everywhere he turns
Another set of Blue and reds to greet him
Remind him
Of the products
Of the 24 fantastic
Coming and going
Dressed in a lack of urgency
With a pocket full of truth
Because escape
Hasn't really been possible
Since the Mason-Dixon line really mattered...
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