The sign says "Welcome to Illinois"
The toll booth says "Pay up"
After a time, you near it
And like many beasts you smell it before you see it

This beast does not pounce upon you
It creeps and it surrounds
It becons with with feelings and sights and sounds
All roads lead to this beast,
And before you know it, you are in it.

Built on the backs of a dozen generations
For the profit of but a few
Many have, and have yet to die
feeding the beast, and making it grow
It swallows souls and shits out product

Every day it inhales a million people
Each night it exhales just a bit less
It bites with its heaven high teeth
And injects the poison of over-stimulation

Its arteries bear the names of dead presidents
its veins fill weekly with trash
its orifice is a mighty river that once flowed both ways
its eyes are blue, with copper flecks,
they are many and mean and dont give a damn

It was once burnt quite badly
but flames could not destroy
they merely charred the seeds husk
and allowed it to germinate

This beast never sleeps
Its song burns the air like aural napalm
Its sub-base vibe jarrs ones spine
It allways has something for you to do

Many say they wish to excape
to lacerate this leviathans bloated stomach
they only succeed to inch away
and inject the city every day

This beast is the city
The city they call Chi
It swallows people up
And eats them alive
Ive been gone so long, and wish to return
Shaking from the DT's, I need my shot in the arm
Once a month is not enough
Once a week just wont do
I wish to swim in the syringe
And drown in the venom of the beast

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