A Drink To Mortality

let's seize the day retelling the tales our fathers told, singing the songs of our mothers.

Let’s seize the day

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let's seize the day
 retelling the tales our fathers told,
 singing the songs of our mothers.

let's hold our hands & chant the words
 while grasping every single moment
 & counting hours with our beer bottles.

let's close our eyes & fight the tears,
 the shame, the stench of loyalty,
 as we bask under the starless sky.

our dreams are raped & forced to drown,
 in smoky papers, in palmwine.
 by a nation whose anthem, we boldly sang

call the wind, call the moon & sun
 send our cry up beyond the clouds.
 maybe one day, someday we'll go back.

to the one who placed us here. 
 maybe he would spare our mortal entities
 & accord us rest.

or should he show us the exit
 a gesture into the burning place,
 we'd hold our weary hands—
 & sip our last.