[miles cooke

this one a fuck you to my upstairs neighbor

seen me with the hatred get a sound off belated

miss me with the eye to eye

had to take it with the whole damn salt shaker

don't call me when you need a grain finally

lately missed the mark i'm untimely

the bastardized version of myself minding how we left the high road behind us

and to whoever next at bat bet we swinging for the fences

or left by the wayside the price of doing business kinda

sign of the times dire

at least give it a day to claim the base requirements

i had a vision of the most unlikely

and the vengeance in my thoughts fighting

formed on the page politely

let them eat cake. i'm feeling pious.

the other shoe drop to feed the fire

burn it down screaming this the finest

inconsideration meets defiance

been blinded by the rage of the dumb drums bumping something

definitely a reason that a sight unseen is sleeping nightly

rents too high for kindness

kill the noise is not an option

silence came in sample sizes

peace i've known is long forgotten

doomed hubris pirouetting to a fault

problem: apartment hunting zugzwang

super like you get what you pay for don't bother me

cause any move i make is detrimental, fuck it

we should burn it down

[Defcee

Fuck your greasy ponytail and inability to speak

when I greeted you in the stairwell, the Timberlands you creased

without begging a pardon, the door I held for you to walk in

you couldn't even muster up the slightest effort to acknowledge

weeknight 4am, you're blasting Kelly Clarkson.

and I'd hire a hitman, but then I wouldn't be able

to pay for this apartment, and it's worth the bargain

except for the fact that my neighbor's an asshole.

Buy coffee from him every morning, watching him pretend

he doesn't recognize me even after I put a dollar in the tin.

I'd sock him in the grin...but he never smiles.

Expectations for him on the floor...and still he lets me down.

I hate his mom for having him, myself for not stabbing him

Better angels and lesser demons battling

like I would've really gaffled him

or done anything more violent than laugh with him

i'd have stabbed him