Mimic from Untruth by Darth Nater

i don’t want to fight you
i’m a pacifist at heart
but if you’re gonna start
you should know that i know kung-fu
i’ve seen every bruce lee
yip man one, two, and three
i ordered a black belt
half off on qvc

float like a viceroy
sting like a hoverfly

mimicking spite in spite of having none
firing blanks in range of loaded guns
mimicking fight when flight means losing ground
no one knows i’ll go down in the first round

i don’t want to fight you
i’m a pacifist at heart
but if you’re gonna start
well let me crack this pool cue
i should have traded those bar tabs for guitar tabs
i should have stayed home
for a fraction of the price
i could have been just as alone

float like a viceroy
sting like a hoverfly

mimicking spite in spite of having none
firing blanks in range of loaded guns
mimicking life inside an empty husk
mimicking light despite the destined dusk

i’m not fishing for sympathy
i’m not wishing for certain death
in the stripes of a bumblebee
and the shade of a hornet’s nest
with a stolen identity
i am waiting with bated breath
i don’t know if it’s allergies
or some switch flipped in my head
i don’t know if the remedies
are worth all the side effects

float like a viceroy
sting like a hoverfly

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