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we can’t all get on together
one always craves more than
the next

people in power
want only more power
they sell peace and prosperity
for another taste of it.

people with the upper hand
want another hand
and a foot
up there too.

there are streets of
square faces
shuffling square minds.
blank. oblivious.
disaffected.

what is in the souls
of these humans
human only
by classification.
not holding humanity.
not seeing possibility.

small dreams.
small love.
small despairs.

surely
they will all vote
wrong.

even my liver
is more balanced
than so many
injustices

that villainy is closer
to success
than virtue

that the history of society
is a history
of the few
controlling the many

and history
is written by those
than can kill more
than the next

kill all those holding pens
and all words will be
as they should be;

we have a world where
bullies get
all the benefits
of the sages and saints.

a world where
all things equal
are never equal.