dog soldier

revolutionaries used to carry guns

now it seems they resemble something more close to bums

it use to be the in thing to know worldly affairs

now we all must be too consumed with our own internal despair

capitalism has won and it reigns over us

we no longer know what it means to say enough

so instead we enter our mid-twenties and just give up

give up, give in, give out that meager pocket chain solidarity

grow up, cave in, throw out everything we used to be about

anarchy means doing what whatever the fuck I want

so I'll eat my taco bell

autonomy means I have every right to kill myself

so pass me another two beers

I despise authority and abolish all morality

smoke them up with just one more pack

I'm not trying to say my addiction to poorly planned notepad poetry is any better

and just so you know... my self-righteous judgments don't help me sleep at night either

still higher spirits and desires is what I miss and I must admit

I have no fucking clue how to get them back

yet even now, with all of this

my friendships are one thing I will never lack

but I still cant help to see it's getting harder and harder

to hop scotch down this broken and shattered path just to get back

so stay close to my side my dear dear friend

as a canyon creating line draw its way across the dirt

stay so close to my insides that sometimes it hurts

because I've got a lot of questions to the answers we've been spouting

touting, shouting, pouting – or whatever it takes, I'll ask, I'll state

what are we going to do with our everything at stake

let me restate, my friendships are my everything

with dog rope and picket-pin, here I lay down my stake

-Jayson Tx

"Attached to each dog rope was a picket-pin [used to tether horses]. The pin was driven into the ground as a mark of resolve in combat. When a Dog Soldier was staked to the ground in order to cover the retreat of his companions, he was required to remain there even if death was the consequence. The Dog Man could pull the pin from the ground only if his companions reached safety or another Dog Soldier released him from his duty."