kill the poor for the Holy Spirit by Bree

kill the poor for the Holy Spirit
kill the poor for the Holy Spirit
kill the poor for the Holy Spirit
and in His name and on your
Girl Scout honor

you testify youre better than
those people
you testify you are better than those people
you testify you’re better than those people
ahead in line
so much better
than those people

after all you did it by yourself
after all you did it by yourself
after all you did it by yourself
with your parents money

some people aint got parents
some have parents who aint
got money
some dont know the word
inheritance
you cant smell your own
bad breath

you can take your boot strapping
tough love and shove it
take your boot strapping
tough love and shove it
take your boot strapping
tough love and shove it
you had just one command

and its to love me as you love yourself
one command but you seem to forget it
one command but you seem to forget it
one command but you seem to forget it
to love me as you love yourself

one look at you and i can tell youre
better than those people
look at you youre better than those people
one look at you i can see
youre better than most people

hey you couldnt fend for yourself
if you had an arsenal
hey you couldnt serve or protect
an accordion
hey you couldnt fend for yourself
if God gave three fucks


Bree is a poet, songwriter, and visual artist living in rural OH. In 2001 she founded Green Panda Press which puts out art and poetry anthologies and chapbooks of the very small press and puts on mixed-medium festivals.