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Wherein I Explain why You Pay Taxes
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ALL Empires Fall
America, America! Where they sell the lie of Freedom! An empire in a state of collapse. You can see the errors of the ones We call the founders with reverence. Their stated mission was to build a country impervious to ruin. But founded one upon unmitigated greed electing only men like them to lead. Allowing…
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Rules Based Order
We came over to Utopia But could not recognize it. A blissful land ‘o plenty Then thought we’d supersize it. ‘Manifest Destiny,’ We called it with no shame. We called the natives savages And then, their land, we claimed. We didn’t know we didn’t know And then assumed the right To push aside our fellow…
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The Tiniest Word
The tiniest word must be whispered. It mustn’t be uttered aloud. It leaves on the skin such a blister, I don’t think it’s even allowed! The tiniest word’s a confession. The powerful will not reveal, About what they’re doing to lessen The portion that’s yours in this deal. To hear it you must be prepared…
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Someone From Anywhere
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Fewer Birds
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Politics are A Means of Extracting Wealth from Workers and Giving it to the Ruling Class
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The seas will surely rise and the towers will fall This thriving mass of people will be nothing at all And the whole of human knowledge like the empty bee hives Will be inconstruable to anything that survives. I once wrote proudly thinking my honeyed words Would be somewhat everlasting but that thought was absurd…
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The Machine
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Capitalism is the Virus
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Panda Bear
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Devious
There’s something about that smile How it brightens up my day (Always) Something, for a while, I’ve really meant to say: A secret that we keep—we know— We just don’t dare to say. The distance is so vast between But I can’t stay away. Innocent on its face But devious at heart Cannot help predicament…
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I Call this Sonnet Gerald
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Hark, a Sonnet
Hark, the bell is tolling for us all.For we allowed the wicked to succeed.The world we’ve built is destined soon to fall.For we’ve allowed the greedy men to lead.And they are greedy purely for greed’s sakeFor who can be fulfilled extracting moreFrom Mother Earth than Mother Earth can take?Humanity’s a thing that I deplore.Most ev’ry…
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Corporate Man
