some something or another

their silent words get
in your guts
right up there
with all the other
shit you've taken in
your life
you start to believe
that everything is a lie
opinions stacked on other
opinions where nothing
remains valid
and you wonder about
yourself - your own opinions
and if they have meaning
you question yourself at every turn
we try to be so sure of
our thoughts
our reactions
our crimes
our justices
that we lose our minds
to the nonsense that
batters it from day to day
it begs the question:
is this the end
have we gone too far?
some find peace in pain
others find peace in religion
even more find peace in both
but there's always greed
and destitution to keep
you warm when nothing else will
and they tell you
you should work for
these things
fight for a better tomorrow
even if that tomorrow never comes
or ever was
there are too many of us here
we drown each other
and the time has come
where it is harder and harder
to get away from it
in no time
we'll be bumping shoulders
indefinitely
eating processed foods
that block the shit
talking on handheld devices
to people we don't identify with
pretending we care
that the news reports
violent crimes like
melted candy on all the streets
in all the countries of the world
and we won't realize we're
alone through any of it
because everything else
is extinct
or polluted
or costs more than any of us
can afford
and our votes never
mattered
in the first place