Gravy Train

By Liath

What the fuck is up with you?
Don't you see what you're doing?
What you're saying?
Who you're killing...

Once upon a time...
You were their friend
Years in the past
You were there for them

Once upon a time...
You cared about them
Felt their emotions
Their grievances

Once upon a...now
You've lost their trust
Their undenying friendship
Their everlasting loyalty to you

Because you've forsaken the meaning of friendship

You might as well put a dagger in their backs
Because the pro-verbial blade, is sunken to the hilt

You might as well become an abomination to the human race
Because you've become an abomination to friendship

Both of you

You're in it together

You've ridden the gravy train as far as it's gonna go
We're kicking you off
No round trip tickets for this ride
You deserve to burn
So, fare thee well in hell, batman

Why did they put up with it for so long?
I ask. I wish they hadn't.
You didn't deserve it. Never. Not again.

Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die.

They were good to you, were there for you
And you return their kindness
With a kick in the shins
And a piss-covered poke in the eye

Respect, friendship, and all that shit
Is earned, and should be respected
If you file for friendship again, dick heads, expect to be rejected
I hope your hopes and dreams become defected
Your children infected

So in closing

Slit your throat
Begin to choke
On your blood, begin to float
Into your soul, maybe reality, will begin to soak.

Late one night, in I snuck
Around your throat, the rope was tied
Without a fight, your head was struck
Now you gloat, hanging there silent, you're the person(s), for whom no one cried.


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Copyright 2004 Liath
Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • monalisamarie On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, monalisamarie (113)By person wrote:

    Beautifully violent Die. Die. Die. (*and so on) is my favorite line

  • Anth On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, Anth (1133)By person wrote:

    this was a pretty pwerful piece that really drove the messages forward, a lot of emotion in this tht you realy managed to express and i was impressed by the clever rhyming, great work liath

  • Mistress Morbid On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405)By person wrote:

    Hmmm good Pink Floyd song. (I know the title of the song isnt gravy train)Anyways, good poem, love the die part as well. Left me with a smile. -Morb

  • Drifter On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, Drifter (268)By person wrote:

    i couldn't help but laugh at "Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die." - but the rest of the piece made me jeoulous. You have a way with words and i'll be looking for your name more often. "D

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