What Fame?

from The Nightlife Has Changed You by Autopoet

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It's not critically acclaimed
It's a hundred dollar bill
Stuck inside a Pepsi can

Someone told me to wait
inside their car
while they go inside and scope the place

You've got lungs
and true,
no one told me who
would have enjoyed my company
You've barely touched your food
So maybe ease on the drinks
You've got work at six
and you may feel a little sick

We all crave the same thing
that equanimity we can't squeeze
out of the industry,
but what fame becomes a part of you
and can't leave?

They've got precision and speed
but no tactics enacted tactfully
I'm always stuck in between
can never settle on where we're headed
or if we're gonna keep on doing the thing

That's my plight these days.
I'm starting to show my age
Not quite dying my greys
not quite rolling in the grave

this is just for fun
Let it go let it go, hon
Oh but, Rex
This is just for fun
Let it go let it go, hon

I've begun to wonder what I'd do with that fame
Would I tell the truth anymore?
Would I simply play the game?
We all need a home base
and probability we'll succeed
but no fame, on its face,
looks very much like me these days
We all crave the same thing
that equanimity we can't squeeze
out of the industry,
but what fame becomes a part of you
and can't leave?

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from The Nightlife Has Changed You, released February 14, 2021

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