Gears chew human meat

to produce utilitarian architecture.

These structures drain emotion

and increase numb obedience.

This is to be celebrated

with every square on the calendar.

We are glad to be civilized

cleansed of all identifying features.

Hate your neighbor within

the limits of the framework.

Express your angst with impotence

to make the blow go down smooth.

This is the joy of democracy.

Our brave enforcer androids

share our sophisticated ideals.

Wound them and you shit

on the storyboard.  Don't

muss the narrative with such

unnecessary feeling.  Extinction

comes for all, it must be

greeted with humility, maturity

and wisdom.  Call out

the glorious names of some

old books.  Our savior has

arrived in cellophane.

Crucify unruly spirits

starting with the errors of the brain.

We share the deep deliciousness

of pain.