Apocalyptic Blues



Apocalyptic Blues

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Holy ones did sacred invocations 
Revealed the secrets of Revelations
The abomination of desolation
Touched each and every nation
The earth fell to degradation
The virus brought isolation
Inconceivable fear and desperation
Finance world engaged in speculation 
The people sought an explanation 
A new covenant and restoration
The people rose in demonstration
Life's normality rituals faced cancelation
While those in power did calculations
The sick, poor, homeless sent into desperation
For many it was the end of civilization 
Only fake news, no honest education 
The human species faced annihilation
But continued blindly worshiping accumulation
Worshiping online malls without destination
Engaging in endless forms of manipulation
Their government lost; there was no preparation 
The lords of power then issued declarations
The kings in robes demanded tribulation
Panic induced agony and hyperventilation
Politicians in bunkers passed no beneficial legislation
The human species and life not in right relation
The earth a desperate scream of resignation
Ancient one's cried lonely tears of contemplation
Natures language spoke without translation
Masses blinded by propagandas interpretation
The marginalized poor knew only exploitation
Many died of war, thirst, sickness, starvation
Biological warfare saw endless proliferation
The people confused their rights faced revocation
What was left for the younger generation?
The animals, fish, and birds of creation?
Became nothing but virtual reality hallucinations 
A world destroyed in flames of conflation 
Mind electrodes implanted implementation
The surveillance world danced in elation
There was no truth, just fabrication
Of peace and love no articulation
Stars fell from black skies, no constellations
Four horsemen death riders of Revelations
Struck down many far and wide across nations
The plague touched all without discrimination 
People saw there was no peace or cooperation 
Of the life-giving earth, there was no preservation
From this hell, for all, there was no vacation
Burroughs prophecy told of this coming desolation
Nietzsche's prophecy his values of transmutation
Went mad as no one listened to his revelations.
Vile deprived engaged in violent devastation
World's resources depleted by corporations
Amazon burned, crying an abomination
Loved ones taken to camps for reeducation
Indoctrinated into nihilism and human degradation
We must see through this dream hallucination
We must love before the end of creation 
There is no time to take a vacation
We all must have pure loving motivation 
As the illusory world burns away all nations
We choke on worms gizzards defecation 
If you seek to understand, there is no explanation
Love now or face the abomination of desolation
It is cause and effect where we need education
End this empty dream illusion of civilization 
Our house is burning no time for relaxation 
Awaken into the Dharma of everlasting liberation
Take refuge in the path that leads to liberation
With love, sails cross suffering seas to liberation
Return until all sentient beings have realization
Till then I will sing these end-time blues revelations 
Sing this song across illusory burning nations
Prostrating to the Buddha's who take no vacation
Humbled by Jesus of Revelations
Grateful to find this empty life love vocation 
Singing empty dreams of life death creation
There is no fixed time, no space, no location
Only the abiding soundless song of liberation

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David Arndt 2020

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Artwork by Michelle Rizo


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