The Power of Reason Compels You!  The Power of Reason Compels You!  The Power of Reason Compels You!

"The antithesis of Clarity is confusion,  
not confusion."  
-- Basic Logic for Black Metal Bands  
   
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Black metal  
rebel  
clueless  
underground  
confusion  
lost  
in knowing not the enemy  
transfigured full  
the enemy becomes  
widespread  
religions
tribal
hatching yet of cults clichéd  
the kettles small  
of vultures  
circling  
round the globe  
to perch  
select committees steeled in  
isms breakneck black barbaric  
chaos  
dark  
romanticized  
the common institutional  
extremes  
of nations  
factious  
suicidal  
genocidal  
neo-Nazi  
party  
pals  
of  
Satan  
transcendental  
Christian  
shit
medieval
paganistic
piss  
high  
vizard sly  
and lizard serpentine  
the high-speed tempo vocal shriek distorted  
tragic  
stock-in-trade  
self-love  
with autographed Black Sabbath  
unoriginal  
and used guitar  
at twenty thousand  
simplest still of instruments to prick  
and tongue and bone  
the composition unconventional  
conventional  
as superficial paint and sexed-up pseudonyms  
consumerized  
till slowly moving in  
to feed  
a wake ingests the brain.  
 
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a dedication of Respect  
for  
the ideology of Reason --  
the sole metal of Ethical Enlightenment  
 
a revolving helios free verse menippean satire on  
the art of self-indulgence  
in          
the age of unintelligence
(aside from unintelligibility)
 
march, 2023 -- in the musical refrain of metal,
sentiment heavy
trumping yet
Sense humane