Complexity Theory Man

Spent grades 1 - 3 in weird-popo Japan
Before Vietnam became a groundPound plan
Hacked the perimeter with my bike and ran
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

I got good grades but was constantly in trouble
Army life was its own little bubble
Chased by MPs since creation began
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

By high school I was a cutter
Raising hell was my bread and butter
I won a full-ride ROTC college plan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

A system has entropy, disorder is increased
Chaos theory dribbles leaks 'til the system is deceased
Intersperse emergent order on the old theory's plan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man
Complexity, Complexity
Complexity, Complexity

Sophomore college I heard a rumor
Navy seeks nukeWeaps hats for their Boomers
Turning submarine launch keys wasn't in my plan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

Quit the Navy, switched to English and Psych
Graduated, and I did what I liked
Backpacked Europe, I was a big fan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

Back in Chicago I scored gainful employment
Writing bank COBOL was total enjoyment
I met Mary and we both ran
I'm a running contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

A system has entropy, disorder is increased
Chaos theory dribbles leaks 'til the system is deceased
Just intersperse emergent order on the old theory's plan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man
Complexity, Complexity
Complexity, Complexity

Those years were the go-go '80s
Mary and I hadn't yet made babies
We scuba-ed, stockbrokered and broke all bans
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man



I did 10Ks and Bud Lite triathlons
We dived on sunken wrecks in St John's
We moved to Denver when my job kicked the can
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

I snowshoe backpacked to 12,000 ft huts
With Million and Chauche it was totally nuts
The Bolder Boulder was the race I always ran
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

A system has entropy, disorder is increased
Chaos theory dribbles leaks 'til the system is deceased
Just intersperse emergent order on the old theory's plan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man
Complexity, Complexity
Complexity, Complexity

10 years went by and my marriage soured
Then went my job, I felt devoured
A decade's passed.  That's a dog's lifespan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

I'm a caregiver now to my mom
For the years ahead I will focus on calm
That was cool 'til I found Jan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

Just when I met that grill from my dreamland hula
They're talking, "deNuclearization of the Korean peninsula"
You know this sure wasn't in my plans
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man

A system has entropy, disorder is increased
Chaos theory dribbles leaks 'til the system is deceased
Just intersperse emergent order on the old theory's plan
I'm a walking contradiction, I'm Complexity Theory Man
Complexity, Complexity
Complexity, Complexity

Just let me reverse entropy for a few more years
In our little bubble without any fears

8/5/2017  mpm