Saturday, June 16, 2012

Judicious Slaves


If this, then that
ten of these, two of that
similar proportions, perpendicularity of pain, as seen
through a perpetuation of crunching number machines

Persistently fading into never-ever-land,
no matter what has and is or isn’t and won’t be done,
the hours extinguish and the pyre plays  
the final ashes of a flailing song

Solstices leap—
and jump higher—
than those vaunted beams—
oft balanced by the eyes of spoon-fed man

sometimes it feels,
as if the only oaths that matter,
are those force-fed regurgitations—regulations passed
from the mouths of invisible boss-men
to the hands that seed—unknowingly—

with the binding tenets graphed to flesh,
bound we become; bound we are
to propagate our own misfortunate scarring

They allow us what we think we want
they provide us with the thoughts they feed
empowering through asides and coercive acts
thus curating the souls path of arc
turning serf to purveyor,
whose own word of mouth marketing
is the pulpit, used as a vehicle for
convincing the misinformed,
that it’s in everyone’s best interests,
to keep the steel attached to lens

and they:
Satiate your promise
in all the vows you
break for them. 
Ensconcing your
fruition in all the lies
you’ve faked.

Judicious slaves
to toil evermore
bound to become
what we are
and what we’ve always been
                            the epitome
of the antithesis
         of all that’s truly free

4 comments:

  1. the epitome
    of the antithesis
    of all that’s truly free...that's gorgeous...and sad..it's sometimes hard to withstand that brainwashing machinery...and keep our mind and soul alive and independent..if there's really such a thing as independent..sometimes i doubt.. a fine write fred

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  2. Whether this or that, Pat of cat, i guess things are as they should be or will be. Even if they dont cause glee. Like typing this on a phone surely gets a groan.

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  3. Interesting how some things, if one really thinks about it, it's not really what one wants but what is said that one should want or need. "You need this, this is good for you, this is what you need to do, see, this is how you should live, this what you should do. This is the way to happiness/security/higher self." I think it pays to every now and then ask yourself if you're conscious when trying to go for something, whether it's something for yourself or just something that's "just the way it should be" according to whoever.

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  4. sometimes it feels,
    as if the only oaths that matter,
    are those force-fed regurgitations—regulations passed
    from the mouths of invisible boss-men
    to the hands that seed—unknowingly—

    is my fav part...scary world we live in thinking thoughts we think are our own but the puppet masters lead on in their own agendas...sadly too often a reality...

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