Fuckin' A!

So I read a question the other day and I thought, "This would be a good subject for a poem."  So in a weird way (My Way, Damn It!!), I responded to this question.  I expect at least one person to take my advice on this...you'll thank me for sure!! 

Oh, and the title comes from what my first response was after reading though the first draft!!  Ahahaha!!

...And for a list of good punk albums, just ask!!

Fuckin’ A

Yesterday someone posed the question,

How are you respondingto violence

with peace?

I have a shirt that states,

MAKE MUSIC

NOT WAR.

To most, my music

is nowhere near peaceful.

It’s filled with fast guitars busting out

power chord after power chord,

seemingly unending thumping bass lines,

and drummers whose arms never stop flailing.

Yet I still believe

that if more people

could take out their aggressions

in the middle of a mosh pit,

slamming into other bodies,

pumping their fists in the air,

and not giving even a single fuck

to what someone else is thinking

that they would feel more at peace.

So my answer is

that the key to ending violence

is letting your aggression Out!

Not trying to cover it

by just sitting cross-legged

letting out “Ohm” after “Ohm.”

Aggression will just keep coming back

as soon as you leave that state.

Trust me, I know!

Don’t try to cover it up

by smiling and giggling

and joking about injustices

that truly just make you

want to puke.

Your aggression will just keep growing.

So my solution to violence

is punk music.

Seems odd, right? But

next time anger builds up

inside of you,

go to your local record store,

grab the nearest (good!) punk album,

put it on, sit back,

and let the music in.

Your head will start to bop

and move from side-to-side,

then your arms will start flailing about;

and before you know realize it

you’re trying to slam dance

with your stationary furniture!

By the middle of the 3^rd song

(or 7^th if you’re listing

to the :30 to a minute-song variety),

you will have forgotten

that your anger even existed!