Johnny Socko

Maybe She Should Be Quarantined

Johnny Socko


I've seen her Blood burning up the moon 
lighting a fire under deceptively useless things 
"close your eyes shut up" she says 
"now is no longer a failing regime" 
But future leaks green in her eyes
Sacrificing ideas to make her artwork last 
Gliding between passion and submission 
She says there's no hope for iconoclasts 
Art can no longer satisfy soul hunger 
Art is now for cash 
She's still beautiful to me 
reflecting what she doesn't soak in 
like algae or zoo plankton 
she's feeling passion when 
she hopes she's just what she should be 
and somewhere out there is a bigger hand 
that says she believes 

She's beautiful and she's clean 
maybe she should be quarantined 
or can she swing from the corporate tree 
can she swing for- 

Maybe I don't want to lose her to this mechanical reflex world 
and what she hasn't done isn't done 
this may seem selfish and I know it is absurd 
but nothing grows in corporate gardens I'm sure 
I'm no martyr for security 
maybe just a sideshow then 
that relieves the pitch and waits for the dawn 
or gives in as idealism's victim 
and somewhere out there is a bigger hand 
that says he believes 

She's beautiful and she's clean 
maybe she should be quarantined 
or can she swing from the corporate being 
can she swing for me?