Simple X

Some people wake up on Monday mornings

barring maelstroms and red flare warnings

with no explosions and no surprises

perform a series of exercises

hold your fire

take your place around an open fire

before your neurons declare a crisis

before your trace Serotonin rises

before you're reading your coffee grounds

and before a pundit can make a sound

and before you're reading your list of vices

perform the simplest exercises

so here at the end

the war is over

there's nothing left to defend

no cliffs of Dover

so let us put down our pens

and this concludes our test

our minds are scattered about

from hell to breakfast

hold your fire

take your place around an open fire

don't open fire