when I was in rehab
I made the mistake
one day
of saying
I never asked to be born you know
and I say mistake
because when you're in rehab
and you say something like
I never asked to be born you know
the people who work at the rehab love it
because they get to say
well no one asks to be born you know
but that’s just my point
I didn’t decide
it wasn’t my choice
I was an accident for all I know
but you say that in rehab
and you get a look
a look and a shrug
and I bet you a quarter
somebody says
life is hard and then you die
well no shit it’s hard
you come kicking and screaming
and you leave the same way
unless you get lucky and die in your sleep
so if I’m only here
by some mistake
or because of a choice that I didn’t make
since I never asked to be born you know
when I end up in rehab
for the second or sixth
or twenty-sixth time
don’t fucking come there on visiting day
wringing your hands
and that look on your face
if that’s all you’ve got and the best that you have
if life is hard and then you die
tell me this and look in my eye
why the fuck would anyone ask to be born.