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Boxcars

from Turning Violet by Griddle

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You could sit back
and relax along the way
Didn't have to pull over
and stop the car
But you had to sit across
the aisle from someone else
You couldn't adjust the temperature
or rifle through the radio stations
that fade along the way
as you try to climb the Rockies
at a hundred miles a tank

It meant you didn't have control
You had to read
or play some poker or charades
it was a bore, 'cause it's a chore
to entertain yourself after all

The interstate was justified
by the tanks
it made it out of style to take
to tracks and rails and boxcars
and views along the ridge

The monitor glow is radiant
colors in every gradient
The chugging hum will soon
become the soundtrack of my skull
The infotainment feed
is cheaper than the weed
Pacifiers made of wires
and cathode ray treats
wading in a pool of digits
ads for porn and useless widgets
The chugging hum can make me come
It's my favorite lullaby
Eventually we all will see
A sixty-hour work week

The selling point is so seductive
Makes me feel much more productive

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from Turning Violet, released June 1, 2004

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