Hanging Out on the Backside of the Bell Curve

by Chase Toms

New wave belting

Built in stereo

Struck cord vibes

I don’t know

News bulletin on Ygnacio

This is an emergency broadcast

For a flash flood precedent

Lightning striking concrete in the forecast

This is a slip-strike incident

It’s screeching bald tires

Choking plastic burning fires

Runaway battery stomach acid

Alka Seltzer effervescent rancid

New Age wage slave breakdown

A millennial caste system letdown

I’m swerving down Ygnacio

Siren songs on the radio

This is an emergency broadcast

Lightning struck your crush, she passed

Rumors of a highschool shelter

With the As Seen on TV filter

And greener grass on the otherside

Keys lost when the principal died

A misreported Instagram reality

21st century fake news casualty

It’s premeditated anxiety

Online friend facsimile

Internet stalker confidentiality

A sinking feeling in tranquility

Hometown comfort entropy

A borrowed money payment plan

Levied buddy’s Uncle’s van

Millennial minimums on Valium

Opioid serf stadium

Peasants, pitchforks

A fight to death

Rats for scraps

With nothing left

This is an emergency broadcast

Lightning struck everyone’s crushes everywhere

And I can tell you’re still here

Half heartache hypertension

Onset onslaught overextension

Grifter loves I forgot to mention

Hand rolled medical intervention

Pay to win retrospection.