take back your prophecy

the lie is murder
the gun is murder
murder happens by the blade
murder happens through the mouth

explosions in the streets
ballistics beneath my feet

       a few days
     give or take
   and we could
end everything
with a puff
                       of
                              smoke

one minute
      too late
   and some
      asshole
with his
       finger
on the trigger
 could render
                      us
                             nil


another second
                 like we are
             and we could
           lose our heads
    for no other reason
than some fucker's
      view of dusty
shit reading material

    no matter
where you look,
there's always
   somebody
    believing
  in a new way
         to kill you,
   a new way
                    to
      interpret
old words
                by
        dead
     prophets
that never really had anything to say
                        in the first place