In The Middle Of The Beast

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Work! Don't play!
Your life will
be measured
by the controls
you set on
yourself.

Study! Don't think!
Compete to the
point of
frustration for
a piece of paper.

Obey! Don't ask questions!
Asking 'why' points
you out as
an agitator,
even though you
are just confused by
the apparent
triviality
of most things.

Fit in! don't stand out!
It's better if we
all look the same.
It makes it easier to
treat us all
like robots.
Lines and lines
of empty eyes
marching nowhere
for no-one.

Be straight! Don't take drugs!
The fear being
that a relaxed stated
of mind towards reality
may make you see
the hypocrisies of
the game.
Even a game
like 'Monopoly'
makes more sense than
the games played
by the so-called
'real world'.

Make money! Don't make waves!
Spend your whole life
playing currency collection.
Percentage and profits
being the only things
to make you
a valid human being.

Cry! Don't smile!
It really is so easy
to chase it all off.
To let them
enforce their
restricting rules
on somebody else.

Think! Be free!

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Published in "Writing Forum"  December 2009

Published again in "The Cynic Online" 2010

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