Escapism Is Necessary For Existence

(Gaslamp District, San Diego, California)

Escapism Is Necessary For Existence 

Freedom is an interesting ideal
I watch people invest in slavery to enjoy freedom
Exempt, am I? Fuck no!
We slave for freedom
Slavery has appeal
We can pay for shelter in a mansion or a slum
We can choose the food we didn't grow
We can go to school and be taught to be smart or dumb

We can even traverse the globe for a couple of weeks of freedom
We can go to the moon or to Saturn
We can go wherever we want to go
As long as we're in our desk when we're supposed to
We work and make a wage to build another's kingdom
Freedom is this ruckus, this pattern
That we have yet to know
We have to escape, we have to!

(Ocean Beach, San Diego, California)