A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

over prescribed
under the mister
we had survived to turn on the history channel
and ask our esteemed panel
why are we alive
and heres how they replied
youre what happens when two substances collide
and by all accounts you really shouldve died

stretched out on the tarmac
six miles south of North Platte
he cant stand to look back
at sixteen tons of HAZMAT
and its what goes undelivered undelivered
and its a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
its a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
exorcise your cells till youre bereft
cause its a nervous tic motion of the head to the left

splayed out on a bathmat
six miles north of South Platte
and he just wants his life back
whats in that paper knapsack
its what goes undelivered

and its a nervous tic motion of the head to the left
its a nervous tic motion of the head

over imbibed under the mister
barely alive
we cover the blisters in flannel
though the words we speak are banal
not one of thems a lie
not one of thems a lie
youre what happens when two substances collide
and by all accounts you really shouldve died