Giant corporations pay
For services to find them
Candidates to whom they say
“Why’d you bother writin’?”

Your resume is thrown away
Your callback called to crash
And bosses the world over say
“I think we’re going to pass”


Of course the HR person won’t
Admit to such unkindness
Their training transforms transgressions
To chances for refinement

Rewritten resumes are the
Keys to rising fortunes
Not subjective factors like
Relationship contortions

To get your foot into the door
And history reviewed
Don’t worry about what you’ve done
Think of who you knew

The paper hits the hardest when
It shows up with a smile
Yours can only land like sand
On beaches stretching miles


Giant corporations pay
For services to find them
Candidates to whom they say
“Why’d you bother writin’?”

Your resume is thrown away
Your callback called to crash
And bosses the world over say
“I think we’re going to pass”


Occupation graspin’
Is in expectation wrasslin’
Knowing what you’re getting
Before knowing what they’re askin’

Automated asterisk
When you’re lookin’ for a cash-in
Explain’ that the way in
Is to tunnel through your passion

Socio-abstractions
When considering your actions
Stands to make the road you take
The lesser satisfaction

Or so the speech would happen
If the reader had a choice
Poverty collapsin’ in
Is yes to any voice


Giant corporations pay
For services to find them
Candidates to whom they say
“Why’d you bother writin’?”

Your resume is thrown away
Your callback called to crash
And bosses the world over say
“I think we’re going to pass”


Modern machine markets make
Marvelous melanges
Marking mischief makers as
Master-borne mirages

Penetrating charges from 
Unblinking creep departments
PDFs are what the best
Seekers use to progress

Manipulating targets for
Detection-seeking objects
Interviews know who to choose
From who knew how to profit 

Eviscerating all that’s for
Obstructing your new office
Cheatin’ lie to get your prize
A chance at being honest
Giant corporations pay
For services to find them
Candidates to whom they say
“Why’d you bother writin’?”

Your resume is thrown away
Your callback called to crash
And bosses the world over say
“I think we’re going to pass”

Giant corporations pay
For services to find them
Candidates to whom they say
“Why’d you bother writin’?”

Your resume is thrown away
Your callback called to crash
And bosses the world over say
“I think we’re going to pass”


©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER ©©©©©

ZERO OPEN MIC

Giant Corporations v1 - live 12022022

10 foot tall trucks
A higher truth
Run down the blocks 
Make paste of you

10 foot tall trucks
The brand as proof
Got Fs to give
Got stuff to do

10 foot tall trucks
A sharper view
Stare down the marks
Take space to move

10 foot tall trucks
The modern school
Need more to live
More comfortable


10 foot tall trucks
(The shifter’s stuck)
A higher truth
(And bendin’ soon)
Run down the blocks
(Still owin’ debt)
Make paste of you
(Deductible)

10 foot tall trucks
(The blinker’s up)
A higher truth
(Demanding fuel)
Run down the blocks
(Will know the cost)
Make paste of you
(When you do too)


10 foot tall trucks
A finer tool
For moving snacks
From store to stool

10 foot tall trucks
Control renewed
Cross over rocks
And garden tools

10 foot tall trucks
A tighter crew
Watch apps for cops
Watch cars for fools

10 foot tall trucks
A power pull
For shopping carts
And photo shoots


10 foot tall trucks
(The shifter’s stuck)
A higher truth
(And bendin’ soon)
Run down the blocks
(Still owin’ debt)
Make paste of you
(Deductible)

10 foot tall trucks
(The blinker’s up)
A higher truth
(Demanding fuel)
Run down the blocks
(Will know the cost)
Make paste of you
(When you do too)


10 foot tall trucks
A wider chute
For runnin’ stops
And breakin’ rules 

10 foot tall trucks
Bright attitude
High beams at dark
Blind all the rubes

10 foot tall trucks
A direct rule
Rise up to lead
Roll up to duel


10 foot tall trucks
The pinnacle
For all we had
For all we knew


10 foot tall trucks
(The shifter’s stuck)
A higher truth
(And bendin’ soon)
Run down the blocks
(Still owin’ debt)
Make paste of you
(Deductible)

10 foot tall trucks
(The blinker’s up)
A higher truth
(Demanding fuel)
Run down the blocks
(Will know the cost)
Make paste of you
(When you do too)


10 foot tall trucks



©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER ©©©©©

10 Foot Tall Trucks v5 - live 12092022

Roblox carved
In a concrete slab
And the days
Got away from me

Roads that part
As the years go past
And the white lines
Paint a sea

Time that starts
Eroding fast
As sand on a
Stormy beach

Finger marked
In a die that’s cast
To cast off
History


We all need
That paradise
Running from the
Knowing
End of light

Yeah

We all know 
We’re running lights
Fading low
But flashing
One last time

Yeah


Roblox carved
In a concrete slab
And a mobile
Stretched a green

House-tall cars
On the main strip drag
With the cargo
Bay empty

Rusted scars
On a foggy cab
With a cold
Ignition key


Supercharged
Inferno flash
For a second of
Feeling free


We all need
That paradise
Running from the
Knowing
End of life

Yeah

We all know 
We’re running lights
Fading low
But flashing
One last time

Yeah


Roblox carved
In a concrete slab
And a signpost 
Scrawled in green

Finger marks 
in a time that’s passed
And the friendships
Left the scene

Fading charms
In a town that’s masked
Under spewing
Soot machines

Shifting scars
On a civic path
With the sidewalks
crumbling


We all need
That paradise
Running from the
Knowing
End of light

Yeah



We all know 
We’re running lights
Fading low
But flashing
One last time

Yeah

Roblox carved
In a concrete slab
Under no eyes
Left to see

Blowing arcs
Of a stony sand
Where the Starbucks
Used to be

Lonely arts
in barren land
With the last bits
Scrubbing clean

Nature starts
With a human hand
And ends with
Burning trees

We all need
That paradise
Running from the
Knowing
End of light

Yeah

We all know 
We’re running lights
Fading low
But flashing
One last time

Yeah

Roblox carved
In a concrete slab
And the days
Got away from me (x2)

Roblox carved
In a concrete slab
And the days
Got away from me (x2)

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER ©©©©©

Roblox Carved in a Concrete Slab v7 - live 12092022

When seeing scenes of steamin’ seas
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
When seeding south of shrinkin’ streams
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

When growing greens with glowing screens
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
When going green with gasoline
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

And only buy-
ing eco items
To keep our 
Conscience clear

And solely driving
Once a while
To follow the
Fresh air

When knowing why these
Oversize fees
Keep on 
Coming due

Don’t matter too much
When you can’t touch
What’s in front
Of you


When shooting kids with VR kits
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
When pooling clicks with AI pics
That’s all nothin’ I’m su-re

When loading Teams for birthday bings
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
When owning memes for P.O. stings
That’s all nothin’ I’m su-re


And scrolling lines are 
So designed
To maximize
Your fun

And slowing time
To step outside
Is wasted
Power on

When knowing why these
Oversize fees
Keep on 
Coming due

Don’t matter too much
When you can’t touch
What’s in front
Of you


When owing deeds for crypto leads
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
And loaning dreams to stock machines
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

When market beats put you in streets
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
And dollar sheets print for elites
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure


And stowing my last 
Bonus I could 
Almost
Get ahead

But rolling my truck 
Also kind of 
Ate up 
All my bread

When knowing why these
Oversize fees
Keep on 
Coming due

Don’t matter too much
When you can’t touch
What’s in front
Of you

When school retreats to factories
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
And playground meets on plastic seats
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

When working weeks stop earning keep
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
And sleeping Ceasars start to peek
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

And showing why these 
Pattern findings
Point to 
Certain ends

Won’t tie the bindings
Tighter than
What they’ve
Always been

When knowing why these
Oversize fees
Keep on 
Coming due

Don’t matter too much
When you can’t touch
What’s in front
Of you

When seeing scenes of steamin’ seas
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure
When sleeping Ceasar seizes streets
That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

That’s all nothin’ I’m sure

That’s all nothin’ I’m sure



©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER ©©©©©

All Nothing I'm Sure v2 - live 12162022

High on knowin’
River flowin’
From the mountain
To the bay

Cycle showin’
Tight devotion
To the routine
In array

Ice and snowin’
Glacier growin’
On a far off
Stony face

Writer-woven
Counter-slogans
Counted in with
Cyber waste

Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Why’d you go in on
Hiding out?
Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
Why’dn’t you go and
Find it out

When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
When’d you go in on
Signin’ out?
When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
When’d you start in 
findin’ doubt?

High on knowin’
Dire notions
For consumer
Good delays

Flyin’ floatin’
Cargo holdin’s
To deliver
Yesterday
 
Highway ropin’
Driver chokin’
Tonnage checkpoint
Up the way

Shinin’ omens
Shippin’ home quick
For an Earth Day
Gift exchange

Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Why’d you go in on
Hiding out?
Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
Why’dn’t you go and
Find it out

When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
When’d you go in on
Signin’ out?
When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
When’d you start in 
findin’ doubt?

High on knowin’
Final warnin’
Dealin’ out a
Hand to play

Title-holdin’
Private school men
Countin’ cards to
Walk away

Widely ownin’
Lands and ocean
To protect with
Royal strength

Findin’ open
Posts for bowmen
To collect from
Folded states

Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Why’d you go in on
Hiding out?
Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
Why’dn’t you go and
Find it out

When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
When’d you go in on
Signin’ out?
When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
When’d you start in 
findin’ doubt?

High on knowin’
I’ll be chosen
When the thunder
Cracks awake 

Lighter load when
Lightnin’s toastin’
Starvin’ masses
Missin’ grace

Pile storin’
Rice assortments
Ammunition
By the blade

Choir crowin’
While reloadin’
Spillin’ wine to
Wash the stain

Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Why’d you go in on
Hiding out?
Why’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
Why’dn’t you go and
Find it out

When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
When’d you go in on
Signin’ out?
When’d you go in on
High and knowing?
Yeah huh uh huh
When’d you start in 
findin’ doubt?

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER ©©©©©

High on Knowing v1 - live 12232022

Pandora super speed
Ikran are flyin’ free
With Na’vi riders
Shootin’ sides of
Silver snake machines

Resourceful agencies
Send Avatar police
To hunt the wilds
Catchin’ childs
Second to the chiefs

For Fortress J. Sully
Sea clan migration leads
To Metkayina
Secret reefer
Breathin’-long techniques

Big Tulkun flattenin’
The boatin’ poacher guns
And Payakan’ll
Snip an arm off
Spinnin’ in the sun


Come take a trip with me
Through glowin’ nature scenes
Render-servin’
Techno churnin’
Life to blue from green

Come dive into a dream
A theater-fillin’ sea
Only knowin’
When you load in:
Jimmy’s goin’ deep 

Yeah, Jimmy’s goin’ deep
Jimmy’s goin’ deep

Jimmy’s-goin’-deep


Pandora super speed
At resolution max
In double-time
For strokin’ fine
Lizard brain defects

Immodest movie screen
Stands 50 foot erect
With floor-to-ceilin’
Viewin’s dealin’
Trauma to the neck

Consumer fantasy
Correct concession snacks
With third dimension
Goggle lenses
Blockin’ butter blasts

Enormous opening
Portendin’ profit stacks
Cyber fables
Printin’ playbills
Pushin’ books to black


Come take a trip with me
Through glowin’ nature scenes
Render-servin’
Techno churnin’
Life to blue from green

Come dive into a dream
A theater-fillin’ sea
Only knowin’
When you load in:
Jimmy’s goin’ deep 

Yeah, Jimmy’s goin’ deep
Jimmy’s goin’ deep

Jimmy’s-goin’-deep


Pandora super speed
With psyche-fry fx
Available at 
Local malls for 
Fifteeen bucks a hit

A bonus offerin’
Exclusive to the fans
Plastic eyesore
Human-lifeform-
Hybrid aliens

Euphoric shoppin’ spree
Where forests used to grow
Highway buildin’
Projects yieldin’
Dollar river flows

Escapin’ through a screen
A natural response
To soul-destroyin’
Eco-oil
Habitation loss


Come take a trip with me
Through glowin’ nature scenes
Render-servin’
Techno churnin’
Life to blue from green

Come dive into a dream
A theater-fillin’ sea
Only knowin’
When you load in:
Jimmy’s goin’ deep 

Yeah, Jimmy’s goin’ deep
Jimmy’s goin’ deep

Jimmy’s-goin’-deep

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER ©©©©©

Zero Open Mic

Pandora Super Speed v4

Plague-rii-din’
Over streets

Paid fares and
Boarder peace

Plague-rii-din’
Passin’ cars

Slow drii-vin’
Faster parts

If countin’ heads
From lifted sled’s
What slips a trucker
Into beds
Then bus pass green
Should get em’
Higher too

But freedom from
Delerium
Means needin’ fleein’
Freakout trucks
So better keep those
Safety systems
Lubed


Plague-rii-din’
Under streets

In me-tro
Gutter grease

Plagueridin’
Home in chairs

Invitin’
Social shares


If subway lines
Were advertised
As cellar shelter
Blackout dives
The public cry would
Come to signal
Stops

But after months of
Scrutinizin’
Intersectin’ 
Int’rest items
All’d agree
To just pay off
The cops


Plagueridin’
Outta’ streets

Hot pavement
Fryin’ feet

Plagueridin’
Outta’ town

Exhaustin’
Exit routes


If summaries of 
Climate fees
For private flyin’
Carbon leaks
Pre-itemized
By payment per
A pain

The cost in life
On wealthy islands
Would overflow a
Thousand oceans
And only process 
Losses as
A gain

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER 2023 ©©©©©

PPAM WANDERER TRACKS - LEAVE DATE 2023

Plagueridin' v2

Callin’ all the fools
Just watchin’ the show

Why don’t you
Give me money
Give me money

Dollars hangin’ out
With nowhere to go

Why don’t you
Give me money
Now

Rollin’ up to rock
From miles around

Why don’t you
Give me money
Give me money

Pockets shakin’ loose
With rattlin’ sound 

Why don’t you
Give me money
Now


Give me money
Whether you can spare it
Or not

Give me money
Every little nickel
You got

When your cash is
Stolen by the bastards
Just save a cent for your friend
And I’m in

You gotta
Give me money
Give me money
Now


Mama broke and
Papa stuck in the floor

She told me
Get the money
Get the money

Showed me lovin’
Then she showed me the door

She told me
Get the money
Now

Struttin’ up the block to
Boulevard sound

She tell me
Get the money
Get the money

Strummin’ numbers
Hearin’ ma singin’ loud

She’s singin’
Get the money
Now


Get the money
Where the money gettin’
Is good

Get the money
Just like mama said
You should

When your shack is
Vergin’ on collapsin’
Just take a second to hear
From your dear

She’s sayin’
Get the money
Get the money
Now


Dancin’ off my years
With nothin’ to show

Why don’t you
Give me money
Give me money

Dollars missin’
And my splinterin’ bones

Why don’t you
Give me money
Now

Frettin’ pattern stuck
And losin’ the crowd

Why don’t you
Give me money
Give me money

Playin’ out the song
Til’ no one’s around

Why don’t you
Give me money
Now


Give me money
Take another reason
To go

Give me money
Play another season 
Or so 

When your path is
Pointin’ to disaster
Just take the minutes you live
As a gift

But can’t ya
Give me money
Give me money
Now


Give me money
Give me money
Now

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER 2023 ©©©©©

PPAM Wanderer Report - Summer 2023

Give Me Money lv2

Walkin’ the Earth 
Under a rock in the sky
Waitin’ your turn
After the meteor strikes

Black oil bomb
Black oil bomb

Markin’ the time
Until the temperature falls
Meltin’ your spine
Into the shape of a car 

Black oil bomb
Black oil bomb


Black oil balm
Will come to wash
Era-sharin’
Timeline marks

Black oil balm’ll
Leave behind
A stain

Black oil balm
Brewed in the dark
Sedimentary
Epochs

Black oil balm is
Bubblin’ up
Again


Humans erectin’
As millenia turn
Lookin’ for shelter
And for cities to burn 

Black oil bomb
Black oil bomb





Saltin’ the soil
After stealin’ the grain
Bio-destroyers
With intelligent pain

Black oil bomb
Black oil bomb


Black oil balm
Will crush the crops
Drownin’ fields
In toxic slop

Black oil balm’ll
Dribble down
The drain

Black oil balm
Will blast apart
Shakin’ nations
Aftershocks

Black oil balm
Will liquify
A state


Razin’ the trees
To get a toothpick ahead
Barbecue dominators
Cookin’ the dead

Black oil bomb
Yeaah yeah
Black oil bomb
Yeaaaah


Lizard incinerators 
Fryin’ a feast
Gaia annihilators 
Cruisin’ the streets

Black oil bomb
Yeah yeaaah
Black oil bomb



Black oil balm
Will flood the malls
Splashin’ plastic 
Trash in stores

Black oil balm 
Can coat a calm
In place

Black oil balm
Will choke the ports
Shippin’ drippin’
Filth imports

Black oil balm’ll
Cash out
What you paid


Human delusion
In a bottomless mine
Diggin’ a fissure
With efficient decline

Black oil bomb
Yeaah yeah
Black oil bomb
Yeaaaah

Pumpin’ the dirt
To sip a drop of the past
Fuelin’ the future
By becomin’ the gas

Black oil bomb
Yeah yeah
Black oil bomb
Yeah yeeah

Black oil balm
Is tickin’ off
Countin’ downtown
Parkin’ lots

Black oil balm
Ain’t waitin’
For a space


Black oil balm
Issuin’ shots
Dumpin’ sludge on 
Mountaintops

Black oil balm
Apocalypse
Today


Millions of years 
To burn a couple of days
Species all gone 
Except an ocean of graves

Black oil bomb
Yeah yeah
Black oil bomb
Yeah yeah
Black oil bomb

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER 2023 ©©©©©

Black Oil Bomb v3 - ACOUSTIC

Surface Folk’ll
Mine the foothills
Sha-a-pin’
Up good

Surface folk’ll
Knock a Des-
Ert down

Surface Folk’ll
Find the hardest
Wa-a-y
Through

Surface Folk’ll
Shred straight in- 
To ground


Why get started
Askin’ darkness
To light a cave
Like sunny days?

Why get started
When an echo
Fades?

Why get started
Missin’ callin’
Tape-delay
Communiques?

Why get started
When the quiet
Stays?


Surface Folk’ll
Bore a hole to
La-a-ay
Roots

Surface Folk’ll
Shove the soil
South

Surface Folk’ll
Till the dirt to
Ma-a-ake
Rooms

Surface Folk’ll
Tunnel outta’
Town


When it started
Feelin’ tired
Climbin’ years
To pinhole tears

When it started
Needin’ more to
Take

When it started
Twistin’ higher
Shootin’ pains
From shattered dreams

When it started
Feelin’ like a
Break


Surface Folk’ll
Geolocate
Ba-a-ad 
Screws

Surface Folk’ll
Decomission 
Out

Surface Folk’ll
Leave behind the
Sa-a-ame
Rules

Surface Folk’ll
Make tomorrow
Now


Why I bothered
Pushin’ forward
Seein’ starts
In distant stars

Why I bothered
Diggin’ out a 
Grave

Why I bothered
Checkin’ shoulders
Lookin’ close for
Missin’ ghosts

Why I bothered
Waitin’ for a 
Day

©©©©© WRITTEN BY THE PLAGUEMAN WANDERER 2023 ©©©©©

Surface Folk v3 - ACOUSTIC

[c]ase #: cfr203584636
[t]itle: PLAGUEMAN WANDERER
[d]ispatch date: 12302022
[m]ission: RESOURCE PROCUREMENT
[e]quipment: BARITONE UKULELE
[a]ction: 1)INFORMED OF SELECTION FOR MISSION 2)INFORMED OF NEEDED COLONY SUPPLIES 3)ISSUED STANDARD INSTRUMENT 4)INSTRUCTED TO PERFORM MUSIC FOR SUPPLIES ACQUISITION AND PERSONAL SURVIVAL
[s]tatus: DISPATCHED FROM UNDERGROUND COLONY "PPAM" TO SURFUSA (Surface-USA)

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