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Food for Flies

by Michael Channing

hope is a pile of dung
prayer is a dying tongue
no one understands god's word
because god hasn't said a thing

life is a mouthful of lies
you're nothing but food for the flies
the whole damn world is a bottle of piss
and i'd rather just pour it down the drain

fuck it all fuck it all never let it reach you
fuck it all fuck it all never let it touch you
fuck it all fuck it all never let it hurt you
and never let it make you hope

Food for Flies

Never Let It Make You Hope


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Chokes and Warbles, a collection of essays and poems by Michael Channing