I Fought the Laws and Lost Miserably
I Fought the Laws and Lost Miserably
the laws of attraction
guarantee, the falling ink
will blot on my trousers
and the law of thermodynamics
make it certain, my hand warmer
will certainly burn me
and as always the laws of motion
will laugh as I spit in the wind
by flinging it back at me
the laws of politics
always mocking my beliefs
except when they’re trivializing me
somehow the law of opposites
remain a complete mystery
more alone and nothing to see
the laws of philosophy
old men arguing over trivial things
move along, nothing to see
following the law of the sea
is another way of saying
that the storm is following me
not enamored by the law of reflection
everything trivial comes my way
while important things bounce away
trusted in the law of faith
nothing goes my way
no matter how much I believe
in awe at the laws of power
not by their great production
instead by the great corruption
the laws of economics
a fancy way of explaining
why what I want is always out of stock
plus the law of diminishing returns
adds another layer of misery
the harder I work, the less I seem to gain
and finally the law of evolution
perhaps the cruelest law of all
means I’m destined to be a fossil
Author’s Notes
Sometimes we have to look at life through the eyes of someone who feels the world is completely and totally against them to find humor.
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