Lapdog Programme

Over reacting zealots futile results,
Fighting ghosts of the imagination
No concrete enemy only those of paranoia.
Scared rabbits of insecurity ignorant of reality
Puppets of beauracratic stupidity transformed
Automatons programmed in the language of fools.
Thoughts not of ones own but of one’s owner.
Believing all the while to be one with self.
Free thinking scorned as an aberration
Constant subjects of deriding evaluation
No fanciful ties that bind
An occasional kick in the behind.
If it hurts or insults no matter
One must maintain position on the ladder.
Many thousands of holes waiting to be exploited
Ticking time bombs of callous arrogance
Foisted on the ignorant and unsuspecting.
Follow the leader that's the game
No pleasure in acting like one is the same,
Think like all, then you’ll have your fun.
We are told the rules are for everyone,
Soon we find that they do not apply to some.
Belligerent autocracy kicks down the door
Yet no one responsible for the blood on the floor.

© 2000 Tommy Barrios