mysterious ways to lie

i was a kid when i realized
that adults were full of shit

they create these elaborate systems
just to fuck each other over

they bend the law to
make new laws
to bend into other laws

they will lie to you
and say it's in your
best interest

there are no magical answers
everything will eventually
succumb to the law
of change

what we know now will
shrivel up and become replaced
with fresh answers that die out like
their predecessors

we're constantly trying
to figure out the mysteries
of mankind
when mankind,
itself
is the true mystery

i'm still a kid
and it's comforting to know
that there aren't any secrets,
at least none worth knowing