picture that

picture yourself as you lean on the port rail, tossing away your last cigarette, picture your finger pushing the doorbell, picture the skull and crossbones on the doormat, picture yourself on the streets of laredo, picture the casbah, picture japan, picture your kid with his hand on the trigger, picture prosthetics in afghanistan, picture a courthouse with no fucking laws, picture a cathouse with no fucking whores, picture a shithouse with no fucking drains, picture a leader with no fucking brains, follow me filming myself at the show, on a phone from a seat in the very front row, follow miss universe catching some rays, wish you were here in guantanamo bay, picture a seat on a private plane, picture your feet nailed to the floor, picture a crew who are clearly insane, picture no windows, picture no doors, glued to a screen in the state of nevada, to follow the dream gets harder and harder, picture her wrapping a gift for the wedding, picture her boiling the water for tea, picture the kids climbing into the backseat, picture my hand turning the keys, oh, picture that. picture the dog in the pickup ahead, picture the tree at the side of the road, picture my hands growing steadily colder, follow me down to a place by the river, sold for my kidneys, sold for my liver, why so weedy, so fucking needy, there's no such thing as being too greedy