I Wasn't Born To Be A Corporate Citizen

I wasn't born to be a corporate citizen. 
Wasn't hatched to grow a suit and tie. 
Symbols of oppressive domination 
infiltrate the brick wall of the mind. 
And I am so glad to see 
the crumbling social system. 
I know that every cup manufactured 
will be full of moral turpentine. 

Strong messages of violence 
will be the normal way of believing. 
They'll be used to indoctrinate 
the impressionable middle-aged children 
who sit together in every possible 
perspective, and in so doing 
will be identified by their compliance. 

I am so glad to see 
that every broken belief will be used 
to open up cans of disappointments. 

Droning propaganda bombs are 
prepared to scatter in the skies. 
They erupt over the bowing heads 
of every single corporate citizen. 
When they begin, they'll harvest 
full fields of uprooted compromises. 

When we begin, that is on the day 
each of us is born, we are harvested 
for our individual and collective compliance. 
And I am so glad to see 
that every compliant man and woman 
will never refuse to solicit questions. 

These questions will fester like 
sagging eyes that lack eyeballs. 

What can't be seen must not be believed. 
What can't be said must never be dreamed. 
Salute yourselves as you merge like vapour 
into the acceptable version of slave mentalities. 

And I am so glad to see 
that every falling piece of plaster 
will cause one less detergent ball to 
be thrown into the crackling resistance. 

You can't wash away your manufactured sins. 
You cannot pretend to be right if you're wrong. 

I wasn't born to follow in your footsteps. 
Wasn't created to become your bank account. 
And I am so glad to see 
that this waste of human achievement 
is finally suffering from 
the plastic it was 
created from.

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mlevesque's picture

 This is a totally awesome

 This is a totally awesome poem


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