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extemporaneously Culture spa 
 Time to go to the spa
 Time to purge my body, spirit, and mind
 Time to go to the culture spa
 Time to kick the system
 Before I go deaf, dumb, and blind 
 All my life I tried my best
 To take in all that’s good 
I ate my fruits and vegetables
 Avoided processed foods But everywhere I look around
 There’s emptiness on display
 A diet of commercial feelings
 Fed to me every day 
Toxic, sweetened emotions 
Manipulative devotion
 Political snake-oil potions
 Sold as cures for the nation
 Mogging, maxxing, self-abuse
 Punch-me—in-the-face-for-beauty delusions 
Every kind of crazy notion
 Masquerading as anomie solutions 
All my life I tried my best
 To do what’s kind and good
 Said my prayers, bit my tongue
 Like they schooled us that we should But everywhere I turn my head
 regressive religion and culture rules
 Not rogue enough, not mean enough
 To qualify as “cool” Not selfish, sharp, or ruthless
 Not chasing power’s wake
 Not hollowed out and grifting
 Every person for my take Jesus Christ unplug the mirrors
 the dopamine machines 
Drain the noise from the bloodstream 
Wash eyes clean I don’t need another branding to tell me who I am
 I’m washing out the poison
 Humankind is not from a can. 
Time to go to the spa
 Time to purge my body, spirit, and mind
 Time to go to the culture spa
 Time to kick the system
 Before I go deaf, dumb, and blind Lyrics by Byron Haskins © nPoet9 Publishing 2026. All Rights Reserved.