{"id":20406,"date":"2011-08-21T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=20406"},"modified":"2011-08-21T17:49:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T15:49:06","slug":"lifes-too-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/eclectic\/lifes-too-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Life&#039;s Too Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" draggable=\"\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_20407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 435px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/08\/21\/lifes-too-short\/lifes-too-short\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20407 \" title=\"Life's Too Short\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Lifes-Too-Short.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Life&#8217;s Too Short \u00a9 Studio Muntz<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sometimes in a temporary lapse of hopefulness I feel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The hands of Time wrap it\u2019s rusted steel fingers around my throat trying to choke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>the life I never chose out of me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How can you be so mistaken Father Time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I thought you knew it all wiseguy,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Getting a little slow are we?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Right under your wrinkled old nose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u2019ve been living the stealth life that I wanted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I never liked or wanted the life you gave me!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It only became a decoy to fool your jaundiced ancient eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Can I have a second chance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If so, I promise I\u2019ll take it and do it all over again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Exactly the same<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u2019ll piss on the life you give me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>All the while faking it to<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>shield the one I\u2019m really living<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can\u2019t have it! It\u2019s mine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Now fuck off and go do your mortality thing somewhere else<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>on somebody more deserving of your attention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Now who\u2019s the bigger fool Mr Tick Tock?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Me who arrogantly thinks he can fool Father Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and his pleasuring partner The Hand Of Fate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Or You Father Time,who actually thinks I give a shit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Anyways, It\u2019s all an illusion right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh Old Father Time you cruel, sardonic pathetic asshole<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>you and your Napoleonic Complex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>have always been\u201d much too short!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wait \u2018til your wife Lady Life finds out that you have<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cShort\u201d changed Her too!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There\u2019ll be Hell to pay here on Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You\u2019\u2019ll have to pull The Hand Of Fate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>outta your heavenly white robe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And stand up and fight like the little old man that you are!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And if it makes you feel superior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>you can always take me outta here when ever you want!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Go ahead !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>But we\u2019ll both know that while I was here,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I was always taller than you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And you? You\u2019ll always be \u201cmuch too short!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And beaten up by Little Old Lady Life to boot!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I guess the truth hurts!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hickory dickory dock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u2019m pissing all over your clock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can have me when I\u2019m good and done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What\u2019s your hurry?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We both know you\u2019ve made Lady Life much \u201ctoo short\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t worry, I won\u2019t tell her<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Now go and get me a drink bitch!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Marvin Kanarek<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" draggable=\"\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_20408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 514px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/08\/21\/lifes-too-short\/8674651_orig\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20408 \" title=\"Life's Too Short\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/8674651_orig-560x444.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Life&#8217;s Too Short \u00a9 Stivers 2005<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39iPmE2p52I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hands of time wrap their rusted steel fingers around my throat trying to choke  the life I never chose out of me&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47],"tags":[743],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-5j8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5991,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/music\/beam-me-up-scotty\/","url_meta":{"origin":20406,"position":0},"title":"Beam me up Scotty","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"February 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Enjoy the trip... 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