Hedonist

I stopped reading dystopian novels When I realized that I was living inside of one I stopped reading romantic fiction When I realized that I would never find love And I stopped reading between the lines And the small print on my parking fines And I started taking bad advice From inspiring quotes that said The key to life is this Ambition is free Success costs Failure pays dividends Victory holds hands with loss Tomorrow's happiness comes at no cost If tomorrow never comes I swapped citalopram for Benzedrine And kale chips for ketamine I turned my body into train tracks My fondest moments became violence I didn't worry where the time went I'm a character that Burroughs would be proud of And I feel so much better now I feel so much better now And I feel so much better now I feel I stopped thinking coherent thoughts When I realized that I could just think like you And I stopped writing coherent words When I realized a stream of consciousness would do And I started jumping on the trend Of justifying means without the ends And I know I'm better than your friends And I know that you think so too And I feel so much better now I feel so much better now And I feel so much better now I feel