Palette Swap (Jones Effect)

I’ll have what you’re having

Holidays — Attention-grabbing

What is the ignition for tradition?

Do we need to sing for a new edition?

Even if you don’t celebrate

A calendar sets the date

Birthday — Can’t escape

That’s fate

Told to get it straight

Cut the cake — Get a plate

Present presents with a familiar presence

In-laws whine less with more wine

Long ago, decided to veer from beer

Tall bottles with no buzz — Everclear

4th of July, sparks fly — Why?

Independence?

Placed within a construct of no one’s doing

Focused on what no one’s doing

Being is always moving

Not fixated on proving

Rinse & repeat existences

Breaking through is what persistence is

Navigating a sea of labels

Placed on Thanksgiving tables

Turkey & Gravy?

Please, Lord, save me

Fictitious

Not religious

Internally expeditious

Society’s factitious

Scrapped the wishlist

How the Grinch said Fu*k Christmas

All of this for a nonexistent generation

Every moment is waking preparation

A smile — They will rarely experience separation

More than a palette swap

Anyone that fits in is an ‘opp’

Remedial so-da pop

Plant seeds now

Fulfill the crop

Everyone born — We never worn

From the blank canvas…

Immediately torn

Umbilical to cyclical

Some say…

Biblical

Until I see a change in behavior

Positive but cynical