Apathetic Sympathizer

got an apathetic sympathizer sizin’ up the scene s/he’s been lecturin’ on the circuit s/he’s been weighin’ on the brain s/he’s been speakin’ like s/he’s been alive, a hundred thousand years, like there’s wisdom bleedin’ out her/his nose & dripping out his/her ears--- s/he’s the type of hypocrite who’ll do exactly what’s s/he’s told (then complain that it don’t work)--- drown all her/his sorrows in a bottle then shove his/her ass off to work--- get mad when the man be tellin’ her/him that what s/he’s doin’ gotsta change then s/he’s back inside the bottle washin’ possibility down the drain--- this be the one you know who lurks at places that frequent resistance, this be the same one who stands on the sideline, hoping no one sees em’ watchin’, this be the one who will be the first to run, the one who’ll turn us in, this be the one who says they’ve always been there for you, the one who swears that they’re your friend & the next time that’cha’ flair up, the next time that’cha’ fight, s/he’’ll come out of her/his cave wavin’ a “tisk tisk” finger, like what’cha’ doin’ isn’t right--- but the sure way to identify, the way you know it’s them, is that when push comes to shove, when the world gets hot, they say “it’s the way it’s always been.”