How to Die Laughing

HOW TO DIE LAUGHING

The advice you can give to your kith and your kin Is to foster goodwill and be happy within Not to harbour resentment be always demanding But look for agreement and true understanding To give and to share, spread joy, be forgiving In a world full of plenty for all things that are living

But some day may come when these simple ideas Aren’t enough to respond to the doubts and the fears Raised and risen like sap through the soul of your being From too much information on tap intervening Like sowing fine seeds to the mercy of *Tlaloc, Then raising and reaping a harvest of havoc

Get locked up for laughing, is that now a sin? When to cry out for justice comes out like chagrin Our leaders untouchable, hollow and spineless They represent nothing, seem shallow and meaningless Whilst stripped to the bone, alone amongst many We are looking for fairness but not seeing any

There are those who might sit upon Satan’s left knee Get to tinker with freedoms affect our esprit Such despots inside their own rank fetid fiefdoms Possess us, control us the rule in such kingdoms The ways of the greedy to prey on the needy As they look to erase all our reasons to be free

*Tlaloc - Aztec Raingod ‘ He who makes things sprout

The advice we must share with our kith and our kin Is be wary who you trust and who you believe in There is an art to deception and convenient lies We are conditioned by fiction to over-fantasize Our reality a structure part true and part fake Not our fault but to yield is compound our mistake

Is there magic in mirrors, that turns back the clock? As time overtakes us should we stop and take stock Getting closer than ever to having it all While discarding those people with nothing at all The worship of money and all it can buy Disconnects us from Gaia, and for this we shall die

Bring on the resistance, Is it time to gird up? Go search for the grail, the spear or the cup But why waste our time on so foolish a quest Lighten up, listen up, light one up with the best Let’s focus and finish where we did begin On how to die laughing with a stupefied grin