No One Would Riot For Less

No One Would Riot For Less - Bright Eyes

Death may come, invisible
Or in a holy wall of fire
In the breath between the markers
On some black I-80 mile

From the madness of the governments
To the vengeance of the sea
Everything is eclipsed
By the shape of destiny

So love me now
Hell is coming
Just kiss my mouth
Hell is here

Little soldier, little insect
You know war, it has no heart
It will kill you in the sunshine
Or just as happily in the dark

Well, kindness is a card game
Or a bent-up cigarette
In the trenches, in the hard rain
With the bullet and a bet

He says help me out
Hell is coming
Could you do it now?
Hell is here

Do you see the sterile soil
Poisoned sky, yellow water
The final scraps of life
Bringing new tears

Wake, baby, wake
Leave that blanket around you
There's no where we're safe
I'm leaving this place
But there's nothing
I'm planning to take
Just you

Just you
Just you
Just you
Just you

-Conor Oberst

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858561123

I picked this poem (or song) because it has deep meaning to me; it means that you should just take what life gives you and run with it, because the worst is going to come sometime. The title is very relevant to the poem because it shows that no one would do anything if it were anything less, if it were something not as good as this. The author doesn't use a lot of metaphors or similes; the poem is pretty straight-up. There are some parts where sentences are cut short for effect, like at the very end where "just you" is repeated five times. It's reiterating how important this line is. The tone in the poem is somber, as if the worst is coming. The writer succedded in creating this tone by saying over and over again "hell is coming, hell is here."