PISS OFF!

Still in the same fucking room, waiting for my turn
People coming in after me- leaving before.
Eveyone that passes, I can feel his gaze burn.
I tell them Screw you! and I just stare at the floor.

It's just a matter of time before the shit hits the fan
For once in my life, I should get off that fucking fence.
Stop being such a shmuck- it's time to take a stand.
Though my fuckin thoughts maybe worth two cents.

They think I'm angry.. Try fuckin Furious
I say, Fuckin Awesome! What powers of deduction!
They look at me like I'm contagious
They should piss off before I give them an infection.

Slime to the left of me- Scum on my right.
Each one's an arsehole bigger than the first.
I would smoke all this shit if I only had a light
If I have to talk to one more prick- I'm gonna fuckin burst.

EASY STREET

Caught up in a web of lies,
In a world full of deceit.
Mistrust rampant, Truth, it dies
Every minute on Easy Street.

Oh, Easy Street- the covetted part,
Of a town of hate and greed.
People there donate their hearts
To live their lives high on speed.

They offer you a magic pill,
And say it gives you wings to fly
You've sold your soul, it's all downhill.
You have no tears though you want to cry.

Living in the mass decay
The stench of society as it rots.
Where every night, the people pay
To watch humanity be shot.

Rabid creatures roam the streets
They wave their banners, lie in wait.
For the sound of human heart beats
-Wretched souls make easy bait.

Chaos reigns on Easy Street
The odour of hypocrisy rank on the air.
I'm running fast- I'm going to meet
The next bus going out of there.

RAMONES, REMEMBER THIS?

As I walk down that road for the last time
That avenue leading to my home
I'm left suddenly, alone, adrift
Robbed of every last thing I could call mine.

I gaze one last gaze down that tree-lined way
The evening sun sets the roofs ablaze.
I turn toward Metro- Where do I go?
My heart is breaking but I cannot stay.

How can I get on that bus? The '84' I took all these years.
I know there were days when I longed to get on,
Now it takes me away from the life that I love
Please,please let me stay! I choke back the tears.

Uncle Smoke, Zhunka Bhakar, the Bus Stop, Mid Chapra, Rang Bhavan-
They sheltered me through the toughest times.
The most welcoming places in all the world.
My happiest words- "Rajesh, Ek cutting aan."

The evnings at gateway, coffees at Strand
Sunlight, S2, Gokul, Causeway.
A crazy night on the college roof,
Bomb blasts, floods, with me the whole time was the gang.

To Ramona, Abby, Naini, Insi, Aru,
(for the short time she loafed here!)
Kevin, Rahul, Andrea;
That I might lose you all is my haunting fear.

My home for three months every year- The Hall,
Closed to me forever now.
The "Homeless Section" every break
How do I leave? Please tell me how!

I know they say that life goes on
But it's not a life I want to know
The best five years I could have asked to live.
I savoured every second, but now they're gone.

NO. 7, HELL STREET

Black shadows haunt my every thought,
Wild desperation for escape,
Nightmares all my waking hours,
My eyelids held back, stuck with tape.

Flaming anguish rips my soul
In ragged shreds and burns all hope
Of ever seeing the light of day
In the deepest fathoms of the dark, I grope.

I can no longer see the fire
My eyes gouged out- I saw too much.
My brain dies with a searing pain
Burning faith- my lot is such.

The deadly barbs drip with my life
I know that if I do return,
To the place from where I came,
I must leave my soul down here to burn.