there are many like me but we are powerless--
nothing we do can take down
the gangsters who rule the world--
if we were as unfettered by conscience as we wish we were
we'd disaffiliate from the standard lie of accepted social conduct
and sit like Buddha under the bo tree--
but we know we are not enlightened enough to do that--
or hang from a cross like Jesus
but we'd throw that cup away if God didn't let it pass from us--
we are no better than those we oppose
and knowing it hurts us more than anything
the gangsters of the world could do to us--
Content (c) 2008-2011 Philip Milito.
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