Basement Saviors

Any sentient a*****e can string some words together
The one who thinks they're clever is the one with all the rhymes
2-bit wit, alliteration and metaphors
Can't make up for
A helium-inflated ego

Just sit and strum guitar and say
If we meditate and pray
All war will end some day;
Action is not the answer
But I don't think getting stoned and doing nothing 
Will stop the crisis in the middle east
Or babies from getting cancer

Saving the world is easy 
If you never leave your basement
Making a change is simple
Just tell others to do the things you can't

When I was younger I wanted to save the world
But I didn't know how to do s**t for myself
Cutting corners in my logic under the guise of metaphysics
Using the unknown as a scapegoat for my incompetence
The dream isn't dead now, hopefully just a bit more grounded

Another half a decade
We haven't moved an inch
This place is quicksand
That's what they tell me
But it is where I will plant my feet 
Bullshit and procrastinate
Talk about the things we hate
If you want to better yourself
Well that's fine and dandy
I won't rip on your beliefs
Just promise to practice what you preach
"If you're a s****y person it'll show 
No matter how many times you wipe your a*s"
And pardon me, your ego death
Has such a putrid, selfish stench

Any sentient a*****e can string some words together
Doesn't mean I'm not one just for saying it that way
I don't truly think I'm better than any of you
I just can't stand the second-hand hypocrisy I inhale every day

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Reviews

[A. Guardian]

I loved this. Personally, I'm going to start to use the phrase '2-bit wit' in every conversation I have from now on. On a more serious note, I really enjoyed reading this. The frankness of the first line immediately caught my attention. I love that you repeated it in the first line of the last stanza. To me, that really emphasizes the jaded voice of the poem. I also liked that, while the voice may initially come across as humorously condescending, at the ending, there is a sense of humility. And while this reads like a complaint, it avoids sounding whiny..
Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,
Another sentient a*****e stringing words together