Little Comets - Baywatch

^BbThe kind of person I want to be ^Fm Was crystallised in 199^Bb3 When staring at a oblong scr^Fmeen The world got bleaker ^Bb Transfixed upon a culture of me^Fmn How easy now for me to prete^Bbnd That I was not infected at a^Fmll ^FmIt runs much deeper

^EbSaturday evening watching TV^Ab Baywatch should’ve taught me better than ^Ebthat See the endless possibili^Abties Get lost in the swimsuits ^Eb A shoreline filled with vacuous wo^Abrds Repeated on every channel I tu^Ebrn Get underneath the waves until you^Ab feel nothing What kind of message is that to send ^Bbout?

I fear that this is happening aga^Fmin Our children become women and me^Bbn They tap at an implacable scre^Fmen Their ^Fmwill gets weaker ^Bb A life in which you have to prete^Fmnd I hope they break before they can be^Bbnd The tireless self-erosion goes ^Fmon and on and on and on

^EbSaturday evening watching TV^Ab Baywatch should’ve taught me better than ^Ebthat See the endless possibili^Abties Dissolve in the swimsuits^Eb Then after that the channels I tu^Abrn More dubious lessons for me to lear^Ebn I’m underneath the waves and I^Ab feel nothing What kind of message is that to send ^Fmout?

^FmUnderneath the waves until I^Gm feel nothing What kind of message is that to send ^Fmout? Covered by the waves until you^Eb feel nothing ^EbGet sicker ^AbSelf-loathing in the bathroom mirror ^EbReal people ^EbNo fear ^AbSame message Can it ^Abget much clearer?

N.C.

Saturday evening watching TV ^Ab Baywatch should’ve taught me better than ^Ebthat I see the endless possibili^Abties Dissolve in the swimsui^Ebts There are no longer channels to tu^Abrn There are no longer lessons to lea^Ebrn Underneath the waves until you^Ab feel nothing What kind of message is that to send ^Ebout? Underneath the waves until you^Ab feel nothing What kind of message is that to send ^Ebout?