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REALITY AS I SEE IT

It was with my eyes closed that I saw the light
after that sausage and donut pizza that I became hungry for knowledge
I realized
in the darkest night
the truth
about life,
America
and the Conspiracy:
The spacemen are behind it all.
Of course they took Elvis; everybody knows that.
And they ate the Lindbergh baby, as well.
But in my fevered state, I see so many other lines that connect this world wide web of destruction and instruction
and the construction industry, too.

They’re out to get me, you know.
They seek my demise, or my dermatological records
or my denim.
The spacemen are looking to get rid of me
because they see that I’m the only one who’s on to them.
Anyone else who speaks of the spacemen is speaking in tongues
speaking delusionally
speaking like thieves
and losers and drunks.
Only I know. Only I know the truth.

They use subtle means to arrest my development
crush my opposition
destroy me from within.
They use means so subtle that I don’t even know what they are
but I know they’re out there
oh yes.
The sausage and donut pizza told me so…

Worse, I know my fate if anyone else ever finds out the truth.
The spacemen, they have devices far beyond our ken
they have science like magic
and magic like Harry Anderson
and they’re not afraid to use it to wipe me out.
If one other person learns what I’ve learned
if another soul hears my tale
they will use their Venusian Blind Spotlight on me
and that’s that.
So whatever you do
don’t listen to a word I say
or it may be my last.

What?
What did you say?
Oh…
shit.