Placing the Hand On the Burner To Sear the Flesh

from innocence to
playfulness & from
playfulness to 
“accidents” & from
“accidents” to 
punishment & from
punishment to 
obedience & from
obedience to
“education” & from
“education” to
refinement &
from refinement to
structure &
from structure to
“progress” &
from “progress” to
advancement &
from advancement to
worthiness & from
worthiness to
domestication &
from domestication to
procreation & from
procreation to
excitement & from
excitement to 
responsibility & from
responsibility to
oppressor & from
oppressor to
totalitarian &
from totalitarian to
molder &
from molder to
mayhem &
because we are ****ing 
idiots,
the cycle begins again.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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