A Small Brain Is Easy To Swallow

You know the facts.
They’re in your mouth.
You swallow them three times a day.
They stick in your teeth and remind your friends
That facts cannot get in your way.
You’re so fucking clever.
Your words so well formed-
The facts beside them so plain.
You laugh,
You breathe,
You live,
To eat…
Eat down the suffering.
You take big bites and swallow hard;
It turns you on how strong you feel.
Those facts so small
Are flattened by your jaw,
But one or two appear.
You know the facts.
A few rest there
In between your blood-stained teeth.
You pick and brush and scrub and scream
And your own blood begins to seep.
Those tiny facts that I talk about
That define my everyday
Are eating you from the inside out.
They learned from your own ways.
The small are easy to ignore
When your mouth is full of shit.
But they have their place and because of you
They break you bit by bit.
So swallow hard and pray to your God
That the filth filling your mouth
Will be cleaned by your slick words
That slither for a way out.
Your mouth is what got you in trouble
But your mouth can change it all.
Spit out the food.
Spit out the facts.
It’s so simple because they’re so small.