serve and reject

it rarely makes sense
all of this confusion,
this tripe over which god,
which political affiliation,
which poison.

it rarely makes sense
all of this thought
of which love,
which charity,
which drug.

no meaning resides
in medical reform,
corporate reform,
political absolution
or fame.

there is no greater
belief than our own
beliefs and everyone
is wrong except us.

we ride the flames to
the trinkets they construct
to pacify us from ourselves
and from them.

we build reasons why we
conform without looking
back at what they've done
to us before.

they produce in absolutism,
they abolish ideals and rape
logic so we can pretend that
we have freedom.

they maim and disfigure
for wealth and social
control.

they threaten and torture
to maintain the norm.

they are right behind you
with weapons and food stamps.

they want you subservient.