Michael Batchelor's Blog, page 24
October 28, 2023
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October 21, 2023
Fencesitter
Do you believe in heaven?
I wish I did
But it seems like a fantasy
To keep the existential dread at bay
However, I'm all for it
Since its unproven either way
So until it's figured out
I'll stay hopeful
And play
I wish I did
But it seems like a fantasy
To keep the existential dread at bay
However, I'm all for it
Since its unproven either way
So until it's figured out
I'll stay hopeful
And play
October 8, 2023
Highway
I was driving on the highway
One day
And a truck drove by
Filled with pigs
That stank and oinked
And they were being taken
To the slaughterhouse
And as I drove
I sighed and thought:
Of all the ways the universe
Could have been made
Why did it have to be made this way
One day
And a truck drove by
Filled with pigs
That stank and oinked
And they were being taken
To the slaughterhouse
And as I drove
I sighed and thought:
Of all the ways the universe
Could have been made
Why did it have to be made this way
Dog
When I was 11
We got a dog
A beautiful black poodle
I named him Jazz
After my favourite game at the time
I loved him to bits
And played with him every day
But one day I came home
And he wasn’t there
I walked around the home
Calling out his name
Jazz! Jazz! Jazz!
And when I asked Mum where he was
She said: ‘He’s gone. I couldn’t afford him.’
And that’s when we cried together
I’m 31 now
So Jazz is long gone
I just wish I’d been able to
Say goodbye
We got a dog
A beautiful black poodle
I named him Jazz
After my favourite game at the time
I loved him to bits
And played with him every day
But one day I came home
And he wasn’t there
I walked around the home
Calling out his name
Jazz! Jazz! Jazz!
And when I asked Mum where he was
She said: ‘He’s gone. I couldn’t afford him.’
And that’s when we cried together
I’m 31 now
So Jazz is long gone
I just wish I’d been able to
Say goodbye
September 27, 2023
Cockroach
There was a cockroach
In the bathroom one day
So I grabbed a tissue
And tried to grab it softly
To take it outside
But the cockroach wouldn’t
Cooperate
So I crushed it with the tissue
And squeezed the life out of it
I felt bad
So I apologised to it
And my friend
Who was staying over
Called me soft
And I thought:
If apologising to something
You’ve killed is soft
Then I don’t want to be hard
In the bathroom one day
So I grabbed a tissue
And tried to grab it softly
To take it outside
But the cockroach wouldn’t
Cooperate
So I crushed it with the tissue
And squeezed the life out of it
I felt bad
So I apologised to it
And my friend
Who was staying over
Called me soft
And I thought:
If apologising to something
You’ve killed is soft
Then I don’t want to be hard
September 26, 2023
Nanna
Nanna
Don’t be scared
There’s something after
Be prepared
For a life
Free and forever
Soon to be reunited
With your tender lover
And though we say
Goodbye right now
We’ll see you soon
Anyhow
Don’t be scared
There’s something after
Be prepared
For a life
Free and forever
Soon to be reunited
With your tender lover
And though we say
Goodbye right now
We’ll see you soon
Anyhow
My Dream
My dream
Is a bird
Fragile and beautiful
But I’m suffocating it
Worried It’ll fly away
So I need to let it breathe
Before it dies
Is a bird
Fragile and beautiful
But I’m suffocating it
Worried It’ll fly away
So I need to let it breathe
Before it dies
September 25, 2023
Friends
I stand in a crowded room
Feeling lonely
Talking to people
With enthusiasm
About nothing
And the music is loud
And the food is shit
But the beer is good
It’s the only reason I’m here
And I just wish I could
Wrench the speakers from the wall
Take a person outside
Into the cool, telling night
And talk about
Something
Feeling lonely
Talking to people
With enthusiasm
About nothing
And the music is loud
And the food is shit
But the beer is good
It’s the only reason I’m here
And I just wish I could
Wrench the speakers from the wall
Take a person outside
Into the cool, telling night
And talk about
Something
Graduation
When I graduated from uni
I’d broken up with my girlfriend
And hadn’t made any friends
So I sat alone
In a black sea of company
Snatched my diploma
Got the hell out of there
And ate McDonald’s
Alone that night in my room
While watching Frasier
Why are the bad memories clear
And the good ones hazy
I’d broken up with my girlfriend
And hadn’t made any friends
So I sat alone
In a black sea of company
Snatched my diploma
Got the hell out of there
And ate McDonald’s
Alone that night in my room
While watching Frasier
Why are the bad memories clear
And the good ones hazy
The Fantasy
It saddens me
That we’re so busy
Looking after ourselves
That we neglect the misfortunate
I fantasise often
About a world where we
Stop what we’re doing
And help everyone in need
Where we walk around the streets
Find the homeless
And give them food, water
And homes
Where we walk along the parks
The beaches
The streets
And we pick up the rubbish
Where we take our guitars
Our keyboards
Hell, our triangles
And play for sick kids and adults
It’s a world I yearn for
And all it takes is
A change in attitude
A change in priority
That we’re so busy
Looking after ourselves
That we neglect the misfortunate
I fantasise often
About a world where we
Stop what we’re doing
And help everyone in need
Where we walk around the streets
Find the homeless
And give them food, water
And homes
Where we walk along the parks
The beaches
The streets
And we pick up the rubbish
Where we take our guitars
Our keyboards
Hell, our triangles
And play for sick kids and adults
It’s a world I yearn for
And all it takes is
A change in attitude
A change in priority
