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STEEL SHIRTS

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STEEL SHIRTS

WHOSE VALUE SYSTEM ARE WE TRYING TO LIVE UP TO
WHEN WE GET TO
SLIP  INTO A NEW CHARACTER
LIKE  A FRESH SHIRT FROM THE LAUNDRY
ONLY TO BE TOSSED ASIDE WHEN SOILED AND DIRTY
A NEW SHIRT WITH A NEW MEANING WASHED AND COMPROMISED
NOW WITH HOLES THAT ARE SEE THRU
I WONDER IF  WE WILL EVER FIND A SHIRT THAT WILL FIT
WHILE BEING SUBJUGATED
 IN THIS RULE BASED ORDER OF A SOCIETY
THAT GETS TO CHANGE THE STATUES
  WITH THE SIGNING OF A PEN
OR BULLDOZE THEM OUT OF EXISTENCE  WITH NO
RESISTANCE
SOOTHING THE CONSCIOUS WHILE TURNING A BLIND EYE
FRESH NEW LIES PREPARED FOR THE DAY
TO GO WITH THE NEW SHIRT AND TIE
JUST  A LITTLE MORE  CROOKED AND COMPROMISED

THESE TRUTHS ARE  NO LONGER SELF-EVIDENT
UNDECIPHERABLE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE
A SLIPERY FOUDATION LIKE A SHIRT TO SMALL
NEVER ONE SIZE FITS ALL
JUST RE-WASHED ON A FOUR YEAR CYCLE
LEAVING BEHIND BLOOD STAINED SHIRTS
PUSHED TO THE BACK OF THE CLOSET
A NEW SHIRT A NEW YOU
A NEW DESIGN TO SEE THRU
WASH RINSE AND REPEAT.
A LOT LESS PEOPLE ON EARTH
TO DEAL WITH.

 

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The Immortal Wize says:

I wholeheartedly agree, keep telling it like it is.

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