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Institutionalised
We live in the institution of our society
addicted to its trappings
desperate to succeed by its standards
becoming what we are told to be
in order to progress
So deaf are we
to any sound outside of our cage
that we become insular
we chirp away
repeating our jailers calls
adding to the noise of oppression
as we sing our little hearts out
to disguise our acquiescence
and any voice of opposition
So blind to alternatives
that we become the oppressors
tearing down anyone
with a different view
Because deep down
we are so very jealous
of anyone with courage
or dreams
or even a shred of humanity
anyone with unclouded eyes to see
We are the herd
meat for our masters
clothes for their backs
There is safety in numbers
and the cost of freedom
it seems for most
is too high
Enjoy your cage my friends
as the walls close in
and the bars get harder to deny
Enjoy the scraps you are fed
that get less nourishing by the day
and you are willingly convinced
it was your choice
that you actually have one
Enjoy the chains you wear like Jewellery
as if golden ropes can’t bind
Enjoy your friends and neighbours
as you stab each other in the back
and share amongst you
what was theirs
Enjoy your anonymous tyrants
as you vote for their minions
again and again
feed your children to them
as they spit in your face
and laugh out loud for all to see
Enjoy the lies you gobble up
like cereal
washed down
with your morning coffee
Enjoy your hollow life
your meaningless days
and comfortable cozy nights
locked safely behind a steal door
I see you
and you know it
So enjoy sitting on my middle finger, and swivelling
and my metaphorical dick slapping off your forehead
you fucking melts
Enjoy these words that you probably won’t read
and definitely won’t digest
Enjoy the fact ‘you’re not me’
no, you’re better than that
you’re right
you know you are
because everyone you speak to agrees
addicted to its trappings
desperate to succeed by its standards
becoming what we are told to be
in order to progress
So deaf are we
to any sound outside of our cage
that we become insular
we chirp away
repeating our jailers calls
adding to the noise of oppression
as we sing our little hearts out
to disguise our acquiescence
and any voice of opposition
So blind to alternatives
that we become the oppressors
tearing down anyone
with a different view
Because deep down
we are so very jealous
of anyone with courage
or dreams
or even a shred of humanity
anyone with unclouded eyes to see
We are the herd
meat for our masters
clothes for their backs
There is safety in numbers
and the cost of freedom
it seems for most
is too high
Enjoy your cage my friends
as the walls close in
and the bars get harder to deny
Enjoy the scraps you are fed
that get less nourishing by the day
and you are willingly convinced
it was your choice
that you actually have one
Enjoy the chains you wear like Jewellery
as if golden ropes can’t bind
Enjoy your friends and neighbours
as you stab each other in the back
and share amongst you
what was theirs
Enjoy your anonymous tyrants
as you vote for their minions
again and again
feed your children to them
as they spit in your face
and laugh out loud for all to see
Enjoy the lies you gobble up
like cereal
washed down
with your morning coffee
Enjoy your hollow life
your meaningless days
and comfortable cozy nights
locked safely behind a steal door
I see you
and you know it
So enjoy sitting on my middle finger, and swivelling
and my metaphorical dick slapping off your forehead
you fucking melts
Enjoy these words that you probably won’t read
and definitely won’t digest
Enjoy the fact ‘you’re not me’
no, you’re better than that
you’re right
you know you are
because everyone you speak to agrees
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