Rulers, Ritualists, Retreatists and Revolutionists

Rulers, administrators, regulators and hounds
Despots, extortionists, the dark devils
And all the golden gods they have made
Constant predators feasting off humanity
Silver tongue bullshitters how they loath the truth
An old ill so often staved off, but never eradicated
Tyrants, outnumbered, but well protected for now

Ritualists, blind faith, sugar teats for the obedient serfs
Terrorized more than pacified, ever prodded along
Souls desperately put up for acceptable collateral
Spending a lifetime in hock for little piece of heaven
A conditional and pre-approved afterlife
Forgetting they were given a paradise on earth
Oblivious to who is stealing that paradise away

Retreatists, withdrawn from the competitive struggle
The vain, insane, fakirs and stumbling gutter drunks
Aberrant outlooks, mysterious hermits and nocturnal junkies
Rather than shamelessly cope, they have abandoned society
Fads, fashions, latest crazes and the deceitful daily news
Last night’s fantastic fix, and today’s bugging blues

Revolutionists, heroic insurgencies, they bring about change
How many times have they toppled dark devils and golden gods ?
Ever challenging illegitimacy and expressing dissent
Ever becoming just what they railed against
Born everyday, it seems they always go bad
Will we will win this time and finally rise above ?
The many rebel camps and millions of campfires