lies lived in little rooms

a human raised among wolves would be a wolf

edgar rice burroughs was wrong

tarzan wouldn’t have had potential

 

we are what we learn

you learn abuse

religion

words on paper

equations you never will use

 

how to shake hands

how to bag groceries

and others judge your worthiness

on how well you fit into their scheme of things

 

"truth is what we say you should be

others who disagree

are wrong

and we create categories

we can dismiss you if we can use words

not consider your opinions

 

he is a muslim

he is of the devil

he is a democrat

he is a foreigner

 

therefore he does not matter

pay him no mind

those outside are wrong

 

he is only my neighbor or my brother

if we are of the same mind

therefore the prophets need not be obeyed

in the literal sense

 

god cannot be god if he disagrees with what i believe

i say therefore it is

 

and we are all waiting for the just recompense

to come upon that author of

the dark streets of decay"

 

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