The Pen

Had an uncle of mine tell me After a day of drunken revelry That all my mind was naught 'Cause intelligence would never save me From the horrors of the world That all my smarts would never keep my path from being twirled Or my flag from being furled That is acrid truth Though I gulp it by the ladle Knowing fate forsooth Scribed it down afore my cradle I just got a pen 'Cause that is what He assigned me What a jarring pen Filled with snakes and ghouls and dark's glee I have found no refuge here My heart ensconces in my chest No greater chasm can it hide From all the things my bones detest Hunger works to keep me vital Weariness to me beseeches "Please do languish, do be idle" Are some things that creature preaches But you can't spell languish Without anguish Know you can't spell languor Without angor I'm divorced from sublunary But my alimony's missing Build myself a phrontistery Call me if some bones go missing Using souls for the lamps Brightening the darkness That's what I mean when I say That I'm building an art community on starkness Pulling lever Only dam that I truly give's for the sake of the building beaver 'Spite the weather Putting up with the levels and the speed and the cold of river Sicker than a patient I'm not sick of being patient I'm an alligator, I don't wait for prey's accommodation Nor do I complain when I must wait for lunch's presentation Never need to get down on my knees to pray for motivation "I think You are A little nice For poetry Don't sink Too far Beneath the ice In frozen sea" That is acrid truth Though I gulp it by the ladle Knowing fate forsooth Scribed it down afore my cradle I just got a pen 'Cause that is what He assigned me What a jarring pen Filled with snakes and ghouls and dark's glee Lo siento en todos mis huesos Habla conmigo si tienes los besos De la criatura de la pluma Life is more than gathering pesos Whether you pray to Zeus or Jesus It's my honest understanding That achieving on this plane won't result in a better standing Think a little bigger knowing everything can burn And take a little bit of venom as a condiment for dinner Gonna murder what I gotta for the sake of being winner Never stutter when I gotta take a demon outta sinner I was marked for all attendance Didn't need to say here In the class of your transcendence You gon' have to stay fear In ya like pneumonia See you're coughing 'cause I spit the truth See how manifest my magic is Within the booth Rompiste un buñuelo como pan de Cristo Pero el pan espiritual, sabes, no es sabroso Pero es justo porque iluminación tampoco Sabes lo que como cuando llega el almuerzo Ah, I'm unattractive I thank you for your compliments For now I know I built a kingdom Off more than my countenance You can't handle all my name like I am Tikki Tikki Tembo I will stick to keeping tempo, you can keep it out your mouth You can't see me making moves although I live this life in limbo Move around in silent magic like an elf upon the shelf Only washed-up If you mean on the shores of greatness Hear a knock and I dup The door, allowing fortune's entrance That is acrid truth Though I gulp it by the ladle Knowing fate forsooth Scribed it down afore my cradle I just got a pen 'Cause that is what He assigned me What a jarring pen Filled with snakes and ghouls and dark's glee