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Walk of Life

from Quatrains by White Fang

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A young teen troubled by depression and suicidal thoughts

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I knew this kid name walker

He wasn't much of a talker

kids would meet him outside his locker

And kick him like delinquents playing soccer

but while those kids were on soccer teams

he was thinking like Socrates

one of the great thinkers of his time

he go home and tinker with rhymes coming up with ways to defeat opponents but he was too afraid to step up and own it

he had it but he couldn't show it

Walker was shy and you could see in his eye

when spoken to he'd look up to the sky

as of asking God why

should I even try

to be a nice guy

He heave a sigh

But then he realized

something he almost begin to cry

not because he had to conversate

but because he would contemplate

his fate which made him irate

for heaven sake

could even make it to heaven

with the soul of a heathen

A mind that told him not to believe in

anything the preachers are teachin

he was continuously seekin

for signs to not commit suicide

this was the first time

He had these thoughts arise

But he didn't make it a big deal

And didn't tell the guys

But started doing research on where he goes when he dies

after he said his final goodbyes

in a note taped to his window

outside it the wind blows

but his lifeless corpse knows

nothing as he swings by his neck on the rope

he begins to lose hope

as the sinks into the ground

he's not going up but going down

throughout the journey he hears the sound

of men, women, and children screaming in a crowd

It grows to become deafeningly loud

he realized he wasn't ready to throw in the towel

He caught a stench of something foul

he look down

it was his own skin falling to the ground

he became overwhelmed as he lost his epidermis

His body became as hot as a furnace

he became endothermic like a thermos walker trying to climb back to the surface

but it wasn't worth it

He's lucifers purchase

whatever happens he deserves it

then he woke up in a panic

screaming goddamnit

blaspheming his mom scurries in in a panic

with a shriek the rattled the planet

he told his mom where he went

What he thought his dream meant


Fast forward a little bit he's doing good he's doing great

walking to school that Monday with a smile on his face

Knowing that he'd been to a far worse place

this new persona gave him confidence to go on a date

He took the girl to steak and shake

while it's not the perfect place she exclaimed it's my fav

As she continued to rave

not knowing that she saved

this man from an eternal daze

Walker was amazed

how they could be so in love

But the relationship with soon go belly up

And this wouldn't be a dream from which he'd wake up

he was Psyched, he stayed up

all night watching videos made up

so he can dance just right so hopefully he'll get laid up

If he played his cards right he'll wake up

Next to her and have coffee from her k cups

as he approached her door he thought

he could run away now and never be caught

He knew love couldn't be bought

Or be solely relying on her given top

but he couldn't stop he knocked

look at her beautiful dress

but his eyes went straight to her breast

as he was holding his breath

and couldn't say a word

His inability to speak to where words could be heard

caused his face to turn Red and his vision to be blurred

about to pass out

but conquered his doubt

and sounding rather devout

"you look beautiful" is what came out of his mouth

He thought of this night too many times to count

now it's here and the sheer

excitement in his voice was loud enough to hear

they got in the car and Walker looked in his rearview mirror

and he couldn't believe what appeared

It was himself covered in blood

he said what the fudge

His date was like what?

he said don't you see it!

he looked back and couldn't believe it

the figure wasn't even there

it was just daydreaming nightmare

he continued to stare

but nothing was there

whatever it was had gone away

so they continued on their way

as they drove past the bay

where she then said "I love you"

Walker was shocked but he said it too

Not knowing what would ensue

so there wasn't really much he could do

then they arrived at the prom

she got a call from her mom

got out of the car and it didn't talk long

Little did walker know that wasn't her mother

it was three of her friends and his own brother

She had phoned in to tell them he arrived

and walker was too mesmerized

by her beautiful eyes

to see through her disguise

so he walks up and buys

both of them tickets to get into the gates

He didn't realize this was such a huge mistake

because when he walked past the stage

A horrible sight would be witnessed by the whole grade

Walker was unaware

as he continued to stare

into his dates gorgeous eyes

she looked rather surprised

As he uttered the words "I love-"

He was cut off as he was

slathered in pigs blood

That rained down from the sky

but he looked her in the eye

and begin to cry

"Why why why"

As she laughed hysterically

It was so embarrassing

but walkers prevalent emotion was rage

so with the ferocity of a lion busting out of his cage

He snatched up his date

with plans of burying her body parts in each state

he thought this was fate

but now he's crushed and very irate

for heaven sake

they both shook like an earthquake

but make no mistake

she was shaking from adrenaline

he was shaking from the anger within him

And if he were to commit a deadly sin then

so be it

his future, he couldn't see it

He thought she would be it

but now he's got to wing it

Walker stepped on the gas

As he began to yell at her ass

At full blast

but she wouldn't give sass

all she did was laugh

but he was pissed and covered in blood from head to toe

oh all right hoe you want to see a show

he took the steering wheel and swerved off of the damn road


Then Walker sees a light

he tries to crawl toward it in spite

of what happened last time

he just wanted to die

And get his life over with

if not now then later he'll never get over it

Looking at passing by motorist

trying to get the nerve to just

end it right now

he's already paralyzed from the waist down

His purpose in life will never be found

that's when he suffocated on his own blood and drowned

And again he's fallin down

next stop Satan's house

he thought about his date in her blouse

how he thought that she could be his spouse

He pondered what made his life go south

he regretted leaving earth

but he knew what he deserved

to be beneath it

at the moment man he couldn't unsee it

Yelling and screaming at the top of his lungs

then he blacked out and his ears rung

but what happened to the girl that was with him

he thought back and then he had a vision

of what happened to her in the collision

wasn't really his mission

to kill himself instead of her


his thought was cut off by the voice of Lucifer

"I've been watching you for a long while my child"

Walker looked at him and gave him a smile "I have tested you through multiple trials

and you have proven yourself to be vial"

And just when he agreed to be his humble servant

that's when the walls of hell again began divergin

He blinked and heard the *beep beep*

as he awoke from his sleep

He opened his eyes and realized

That he had been hospitalized

with a sigh of relief

but with a hint of grief

he called for a doctor but realized he couldn't speak

he began to freak

Out causing him to flail around

the doctor came in to settle him down

the doc tried to explain

As the nurses tightened his restraints

the doctor then spoke as if warding off pain

and told walker that he never walk again

it took a sec for that to process through his brain

but once it did he continued going insane

After the nurses calmed him down once again

He began askin

what had happened

the doctor told him that his car slammed into a tree

And other vivid pictures to jog his memory

how he could barely recall his own history

except for one little detail

what happened to the female

When the car had derailed

and sailed through the air while their bodies flailed

He tried to ask the doctor but failed

the doc saw he had tried to say something

He gave Walker a pen and pad but he wrote nothing

He just stared at the sheets

As if recalling memories

He stared for what felt like centuries

but what would find its way to the paper was a mystery

he tried to write a barely legible G

Then an I then an R then an L He seemed to be

Shaken up by the whole thing

because the doc informed him that there was no girl at the scene

Then Walker begin to think

was this all just a dream

just an obscene dream

like his journey through hell

Was this real, he couldn't even tell

he could vividly sniff the smells

So he knew damn well

this was reality

so he again reached casually

for the pen and asked about any more casualties

From within the crash wreckage

he wrote there had to be a girl stashed below the wreckage

His hand shook so much the doctor barely deciphered the message

But he eventually did

and he asked the kid

why did you drive your car over the bridge

did you lose control and begin to skid

Or was it that godforsaken Eminem

Were you pissed at a women friend

mixed signals she was sendin them

His expression sparked at the latter

Walker then began to gather

Himself but it didn't matter

it just made him Sadder

he cried like a little league batter

that struck out

the doctor stuck out

his hand

and walker bust out a-gan (again)

as if to ward off the man

And he hadn't really planned

his next move but his hand

move too quickly for him to react

he moved his hand to see that

his own subconscious feedback

And he stared at the lines in black

that made up the letters

Made him feel a tad bit under the weather

so it took him a minute to put it together

and his head got light as a feather

There was a girl in the passenger seat

I just wanted to wipe us both out in one complete feat

and give us a clean slate

I couldn't wait to finish off my plate

so she got me so irate

I couldn't believe she was my prom date

the doc looked at him in disbelief

and looked at Walker and gave a sigh of grief

Not relief

and Walker thought to himself to be a fiend

was this all just a dream?

the doc sighed again and told him that it was

but he really did crashed his car after being covered in blood

The doctor soon left the room saying get some sleep bud

walker just reminisced saying what the--

As this sad time

Was broken up by a flatline

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from Quatrains, released May 12, 2017
Prod. Anno Domini Nations

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