[ We the civilized ]

We the civilized
            dig holes in the dirt
Eat out of trash cans
Deface ourselves
                          Mutilate edifice
                                      Abducted by aliens
Robots run the world
Repeat the same nothing
            Eat the same gruel
Measure the angles
            And poison pessimism chomps away
                                                    Enough
Enough
            Enough?
Enjamb and rock
The safe and warm
Who are no safer than the toy soldiers
                                      We make our demons
                          And let them beat us
An d we hide in the trees
            from the forest
but we always win
                                      and when we lose we didn’t play
            conflict affliction affection fiction friction
Because it s always day
                                      Except when we close our eyes
            Gays and cancered  frighten us
instead of the suits and masks
                                                    The clouds seem so comfortable
            But they are so far away
                                      Metallic clangs and clatter
                                                    Wake us upin the night
              And Roar and hollers give us fraternity
We’ve made our bed but we’re wide awake
It’s six o clock do you know where your daughter is?
            Saints decry the cellophane and vacuum packed
                          But they made us buy it
            Cut copy paste
                                      we the civilized