I take in more than I can handle

crippling debt is my phantom pain

I give *them* more than I stand to gain

I risk my health because I’m chasing fame

they said be a player so I chose the game

but it’s all been in vain

I got bloody tricked again

for the fifth time this week

I’m contemplating drilling a 9 millimeter hole 

in the temple of my home.

I buy shit I don’t need,

to impress people I don’t like

a mantra heard in one of your pop culture films

I wonder if art even resonates with you

or it has to be bought along Scandinavian furniture.

I have so much

but feel so little.