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Take A Breath

There are those that boast
they can peek over
the peaks of mountains,
predict the changing coast,
and see behind the scenes
that slumber beneath
the blinding man-made mists.
Those regurgitating the routines
like overflowing fountains
slurping up the scum
back into the old machines.
Here they come
to claim the world.
Opening their purses,
rattling their pearls.
Quietly snatching
all and every attention.
Spinning cheap words
to hypnotic gold
from beyond the facade
the puppeteers have produced.
Those faithless false prophets,
upon their platforms
for their own profit.

But I guess, I’ll just take a breath.

You should not ask
what the dollar can do for you,
but what did you do for the dollar?
Cause Cain paid a price
and Abel got off easy.
For death is precise
while life is pretty hazy.
Masses forgetting
even the divine can
live inside empty pockets.
Desperate women,
Desperate men,
fighting tooth and nail
at turned tables,
watching sadly as
billards clack,
smack,
crash,
goodbye cash!
Watching the win
rolling with the lopsided
where Suits and Ties
with crooked smiles
wait impatiently
beaming with palms out and open,
preaching greed gospels
like,
‘Well too bad!
‘If you can get it,
take it,
if you got it,
add!’

But I guess, I’ll just take a breath.


Making mantras from mementos
the psalms of fake philanthropists
are illustrated in ink
upon the thin-skin few,
covering up their character
with every spouted slogan,
just as soon surprised
they all come to find
that what they’ve internalized
from their influencers
now leaves scars
upon their hearts and minds.
Blinded, the Lost clamber,
clapping against dust riddled floorboards
with hands waving wild and unsure,
as thoughts move across
winding walkways soaked
in the venom of double-cross.
Met with regret,
anger takes a step forth,
disgust too of course,
Some with stones and nails
held hand-in-hand
they stand prepared
to judge their new kings.
they have not yet
fully understood.
These players do not
HAVE to dictate their dialogue.
Nor direct our plays.
Each are given the same blank script
as the rest of us extras.

But I guess, I’ll just take a breath.

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from Letters From The Lookout, released October 14, 2022

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Katcheen Tongues Los Angeles, California

Katcheen Tongues is a Philly/L.A. based art collective focused on fusing music and observational rhythmic poetry, wading in the waters of avant-folk and lofi psychedelia.

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