The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors

 

 

The relaxing sound of chainsaws

Break the morning air

A hundred bucks a night

I can sit and stare

At all the metal monstrosities

Blocking all the trees

I thank my god for nature

As I fall upon my knees

I appreciate these roads paved

It makes it so easy

Why should I have to walk?

The outdoors should please me

 

I pay all my taxes, a perfect citizen

Because of that the natural world should bend

To my every whim, whatever I want

I spent lots of money on this machine I flaunt

 

All the way back home

Just a few miles away

I make a six figure income

So I should have my say

All these ugly tents

They look like shit to me

No one should be allowed

Without a shiny RV

There should be a brand new law

That disallows the wind

Inconvenient are the snakes and bugs

So they too should end

 

I pay all my taxes, a perfect citizen

Because of that the natural world should bend

I don’t really like cooking all my food

I have all the money, nature should fit my mood

 

There should be McDonald’s

And a yoga studio

I really need a Starbucks here

And the river should cease to flow

It’s way too hot at day

It’s way too cold at night

So I wait in my machine

Bitter and uptight

Why even bother here?

Filled with such remorse

Tear this bullshit down

And build a nice golf course

 

I pay all my taxes, a perfect citizen

Because of that the natural world should bend

Nature really sucks, full of misery

I make so much money, why am I unhappy?

 

Gawain Gnosta June 26, 2017