Just Plain Bob
inescapably booby trapped in the region of self
anticipating illumination with a dopey grin
and a grimy determination masked by ungodly brio
gimme your best shot you goose stepping goons
you Ragnarok brothers of Odin and his Twinkie dancers
If I weren't one of you you wouldn't exist
right here where my pencil fornicates the vellum
the confederation of misfits get what they deserve
what do we deserve what devolved practice
continues to move our arms and mouths
in the direction of justice and of merit
in the company of demiurges and beatitudes
endlessly considering the direction of Fate
in the manner of men cheetah headed and scarred
yet survival requires data and survival is future
so add future to your shopping list at checkout time
all reality is calculable there are enough numbers
and furthermore there is still enough curiosity
left over from the great War of Cognitive Suppression
Galactic rule number one nothing forced
volitional free will sacred and deadly precious
his consciousness far from its source of thought
he continued without the slightest reason why
of course it is all but a mental reproduction
we all worship the Grand Master of Disguise
a meme-written forehead in uncharted waters
he slid his pawn forward to end the muddle
love is not all you need you need smarts
if the world is to be a correctable world
fabled dons of economics playing dumb on cue
corruption ran in deep ocean trenches
the life spark mystery rarely discussed
free from the tradition of taboos and fetishes
fixation and more fixation the gaze never shifts
soon swept away by their uninformed zeal
and a sense of inviolate justification
with which to welcome the new plantation
Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2022
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