Upstage Everyone Else
Janet Kuypers
01/12/11
you wake up in the morning
clean yourself up
take the commute
figure out what you’re supposed to do
go through all the motions
take your lunch break
feel dreary
keep up with the schedule
make it home
screw making dinner
there’s gotta be some leftovers in the fridge
then go to a bar,
watch a movie
or just sit at home with some beer
and leave it at that
before you do it again
tomorrow
and again tomorrow
and again tomorrow
that’s what it always is, you know
we’re all in this cycle
we’re all on this racetrack
there’s this goal we all keep going toward
get married
get the house
churn out the kids
make a ton of money
buy the nice cars
wear the big jewels
go on the fancy trips
upstage everyone else
it’s like we’re all on this racetrack
like
we’re a donkey
and someone is dangling this carrot in front of us
to keep us moving
so this is what we do
we see the commercials on tee vee
we see what we have
and we become dissatisfied
so we see that carrot
dangling in front of us
just always out of reach
so this is what we do
we stay in this cycle
and we trudge forward
on the only track we know
I finally decided to look at this cycle
look at what I’m doing
and I saw the carrot
and the donkey was dead
and I thought
hmmm
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