[smerfgoddess]

“Nonsense (No Use)”
(c)2005 by AK

An aching heart is worth a penny
When you’re just pawning it off
But only if it belonged to some warrior
They’ll take it off your hands

And because she couldn’t fit it on the page
(The rest is nonsense)
The spoiled words that set my mind at rage
(And so I sing for you)

I walked for twenty days until
I found a place to rest
Where the water runs crystal clear
And other people clean up my mess

It’s heaven in my eyes, you see
A lovely ballad sung to me
From balconies and in the trees
But sorry, dear, the rest is nonsense

No use listening anymore
Unless you plan on shutting the door
On mysteries and fairy tails
Unicorns and garden snails

Flowers torn up on the ground
And small green elves dancing around
My world is spinning upside down
Full of nonsense like you’ve never heard

There comes a time in every life
When you must confront
The nonsense knocking at the door
And leaving while you’re cut

I’m in a rut
Heart swollen shut
But, my dear, there’s no use going on
The rest is nonsense on the run

And because she couldn’t fit it on the page
(The rest is nonsense)
The spoiled words that set my mind at rage
(And so I sing for you)

I’m tickled pink
And yellow with joy
So here’s my nonsense
Oh little boy

You probably wouldn’t understand
But censorship’s torn up my land
The words are gone, but it’s sound I hear
Drowning in my nonsense ears

And because she couldn’t fit it on the page
(The rest is nonsense)
The spoiled words that set her mind at rage
(My life is nonsense)

“History In Black Letters”
(c)2005 by Alex Knight

Interesting word – “tranquility”
But none is left for you and me
When gunshots roar through blazing heat
And stray dogs rot on our market street

A gun is pointed at your back
But there’s no getting back on track
No understanding, no reliving
No getting back what you’re giving

The sun is red like blazing death
And the signs say that you can’t turn left
So down the other path you go
To a land of furnaces and crows

It’s history in big black letters
They said they wanted to prevent it – quitters
They said they’d made the effort, but
We’ve started right back at the start

Where people starve and get blown up
And the only way to move’s to walk
But you’re legs are broken so you’re left in the rain
To be eaten by memories and soak up the pain
Society’s gone right down the drain

Interesting word – “peaceful”
But you’ve never seen that stuff before
The stuff of dreams and lessons learned
Splinters from gathering wood that’s burned

Gunpowder eyes and a hand grenade nose
That’s how our holiday story goes
He came to life in time to see
This war has become a part of me