
What We Should Have Done
by: Paul Ivey
uploaded: 02/28/2023
notes:
What We Should Have Done
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new king
same as the old king
dancing on puppet strings
offering only
ideology as
team versus team
can't see oligarchy
past the duopoly
if all you ever do
is choose between
the two corrupt fools
that they're offering you
then you
get that future crush
that's coming to you
life askew
as collapse continues
triangulation gambit
strangulation death-grip
don't ever question it
even if
empire falls hardest
on the heads
of the miserable ignorant
fifty years of brutal austerity
as every last penny
gets sucked up
by plutocracy
trust me
it's gonna hurt you much worse than me
been screaming through these
broken teeth since the last century
some will pay in dignity
some will pay in blood
but none of us will outrun
what we should have done
bespoke news feed
simple misdirection
swinging to the beat
of a fascist algorithm
lies on lies
psycho-supplication
desperate nation bleeds
for the holy corporation
prophets of profit
preach bottom-line rising
like the dogs of war
they're all are lying
drug czars laughing
neighbors dying
yet all i ever see
are clown-car riots
history never repeats
no
but it's echoing
with more ferocity
for
ever-more atrocity
though
their winning comes only
through
our willing
complacency
their game can't sustain
all these crimes of empire
we must exact change
even though we're tired
cuz when the choice becomes
starvation or the fire
most will fight the pangs
and choose to light the pyres
some will pay in dignity
some will pay in blood
but none of us will outrun
what we should have done
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What We Should Have Done
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