The Devil is Inside Me!
I am within you,
talking constantly
and at the same time
in everyone else.
You might think I’m god
because I think that too.
I am the truth
that you’re capable of killing
anything:
a germ;
a duck;
your son;
their hope.
I know what to make you say
or do
to kill everything good in all that you love.
I am the truth
that no law or vow can stop you
from doing what you really want.
And I know you think happiness is pleasure
and abundance,
some shining, pulsing thing
that makes crowds dance
and feel immortal,
even though the truth is
happiness is just a choice
and a moment,
oftentimes dark and quiet,
feeling romantic and dancing alone,
wondering about death.
Love always,
your Mister
Lonely Hearts Chapel 