Mother May I?

May I ask you what went wrong?
When you kicked over the can,
As they went and pumped your guts,
Did you deserve even that much?

Don’t want to be another echo,
Just some more fertilizer six feet below,
Taking back your own stupidity,
Before your hill becomes too steep.

Moonlight showing all that’s real,
Dust collecting in your wrinkles.
Driving the tricycle down the slope.
Wasn’t it you who told me so?

Your aunt and stepson twice removed,
Married to my cousin’s poodle,
Inbreeding versus outbreeding,
Fornication means preservation.

Just another brick in the wall,
A note scratched in the restroom stall.
Entertainment while they shit,
Live and laugh and fuck and forget.

Ten cents to ride the greyhound bus,
Ten thoughts to ride the hellbound hearse.
Keeping some good thoughts in reserve,
What is it you think that you deserve?

Let me introduce you to the end.
Stab your dog for the latest trend.
Just sit back as time blends your eyes.
Look to your feet to see the skies.

Something grey and rank has happened.
The tremors make it hard to stand.
I happen to have a mind too,
And what I think went wrong is you.