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UseTheIllusion
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since 2006-02-06
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In a state of limbo

0 posted 2006-04-23 09:06 PM



Empires come and go,
Still our species has little to show.  
For all its time on this planet,
For mans nature is to go with the flow.  

The rich, the poor, all still exist,
From the time of caves to that of Jesus,
The fall of the Romans,
To the enlightenment,
No need for dissent, just run with it,
Aristotle, Plato and Socrates,
Descartes, Kant, Maimonides,
All of mans thinkers and all of mans men,
Couldn’t put the world back together again,
The ideal of man is impossible to live up to,
“Get used to it bub, there is no hope for you”,
In an ever changing world it is amazing how little changes,
We still have prostitutes and firing ranges,
Entertainments to anesthize the masses,
Gladiatorial games and chariot races,
Murder, deceit,
It’s all complete,
When’s mans societies are universally replete,
With what was once dubbed sin,
Is now the norm again,
Now sin is the norm,
No riding out the storm,
For we have forgotten our souls,
In our rush to find our home.

We have MTV,
Magazines,
Celebrity shows,
Simulacra obscene,
News shows telling us how to think,
And fashion reviews, telling us how to blink,
Homeless abound,
The census ½ the population,
Just look around,
We are a disgusting nation,
Fat and obese,
Obsessed with ourselves,
And while abroad children are bombed,
At home we stack our shelves,
With the goods produced by the poor,
“We are different now, the country is something more…”,
Well I beg to differ, my wayward friend,
For because are empire is so much the same as others,
It is nearing its end…

  


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backtash123
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since 2006-04-22
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1 posted 2006-04-25 11:17 AM


Sounded like Homers Odyssey. This poem had epic quality. Excellent read.
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