FLY BY NIGHT AWAY FROM HERE: Some really melodramatic poetry jumped outta me this morning. Feels a little like something I might have written in seventh grade, inspired by Rush lyrics, but that's no reason not to reprint it here for your entertainment, consideration, and ridicule.

PAGING BOBBY MCFERRIN
If all you write is sour poetry,
all you say is dark prophecy,
all you believe are tossed calumnies,
all you hear are pained melodies,

is it any wonder the world
weighs heavy on your heart?