I know what you're thinking.
But it isn't true.
There is no escape waiting
outside of you.
You may think it's your phone
that slows you down.
But even your face
can be distant, and static-drowned.
You may think your rusted car
makes you seem cheap.
But there's a thief-owned lawyer
who drives a crimson Jeep
You may think you could do
better than your lover.
But you'll always be the closer
half under your bed covers.
Did you taste that, feel this, mean it? Maybe
not today. Tomorrow, though.
For what is this, or that, or it?
Not you: that's for sure,
you know.
Kuntzman delves deep into the human mind, telling us that we are not who we truly think we are. “There is no escape waiting outside of you” is the catalyst for ourselves to think about how only we can save ourselves. As much as you let people in to get to know you, their solutions are not the answer to our problems. Starting stanzas with the phrase “You may think” causes me to even second guess myself. Kuntzman shows the other side to the story; while we attempt to blame ourselves for focusing on materialistic things, he states that we were all consumed with ourselves in the first place. In the moment, even if I do not realize it, Kuntzman hopes, “Tomorrow, though.” Knowing that there is a tomorrow gives someone the second chance to be better than their yesterday. Kuntzman asking, “For what is this, or that, or it?” And replying himself, “Not you: that’s for sure” is a call to us to find out who we are rather than being defined by something or opinions because opinions are not facts about us.
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