Preterit

Preterit They only respond to us,     they do Wishing to fit in with the eventual… Overlapping mental imagery In effort to suspend          their docile use          “You need not concern yourself               with such things          strong sense of self               we’ve come to possess…” Simply say the simple minds As if they were us The allowing redundance Safe in their dilapidated hall of intrigue Signify the past time Pronouncing the abundance     this fucking constant substance          “What for?”     They are…          timid and indiffident     They are…          rejected from their was     Collective they are…          ours to influence          “The influence?”     We will put them under,          restrain intentions (and…)               concentrate on more important things               Telling of all things unnecessary                    resting quietly over my head               I could never tell                    thinking to my self               Above the evading proceedings               In the moon lit sky               Compromise just glimmers     Again,          “One’s own ideas               will pursue the need               for one’s ideas                    to be believed before all other’s                    to lead                         the collective aggregate.”               Just a glimpse of the eventual               Purity wills its way in               Mixes with the night                    fades unto compressed parts of the mind          “The driving need you speak of               turning the cogs in our heads                    only leads us                         to believe what we think is real” ~End~ Parts (order of appearance): Them         “Us Then”     Us Now              Narratorpreterit-of the past tense Written January 18th, 2002 © on Jan 17 2002 05:34 PM PST, Douglas McCue   0 • 10