Au-

to-

ma-

tons

with

busi-

ness

suits,

swin-

ging

black

box-

es,

Se-

ques-

ter-

ing

the

blue-

prints

of

dai-

ly

life,

Con-

ten-

ted,

free

of

care,

they

re-

joice

in

mor-

ning

ri-

tu-

al

As

they

file

like

drone

ant

co-

lo-

nies

to

their

of-

fice

in

the

sky.

I

don't

ask

ques-

tions,

don't

pro-

mote

de-

mon-

stra-

tions,

Don't

look

for

new

con-

sen-

sus,

don't

stray

from

con-

sti-

tu-

tion.

If

I

pierce

the

com-

plex-

i-

ty

I

won't

find

sal-

va-

tion,

Just

the

bald

and

ov-

ert

truth

of

the

e-

vil

and

de-

cep-

tion.

There

is

an

in-

ner

lo-

gic,

and

we're

taught

to

stay

far

from

it.

It

is

sim-

ple

and

e-

le-

gant,

but

it's

cruel

and

an-

ti-

the-

tic

And

there's

no

ef-

fort

to

re-

ve-

al

it.

Gra-

du-

a-

ted

men-

tors

stroll

in

mar-

bled

brick

por-

ti-

cos

In

sa-

ga-

cious

dia-

log

they

des-

pise

their

a-

ver-

age

ways,

Be-

tray-

ing

pomp

and

dis-

ci-

pline,

they

mold

their

in-

sti-

tu-

tion

Where

they

prac-

tice

ex-

clu-

sion

on

the

mas-

ses

ev-

ery

day.

I

don't

ask

ques-

tions,

don't

pro-

mote

de-

mon-

stra-

tions,

Don't

look

for

new

con-

sen-

sus,

don't

stray

from

con-

sti-

tu-

tion.

If

I

pierce

the

com-

plex-

i-

ty

I

won't

find

sal-

va-

tion,

Just

the

bald

and

ov-

ert

truth

of

the

e-

vil

and

de-

cep-

tion.

There

is

an

in-

ner

lo-

gic,

and

we're

taught

to

stay

far

from

it.

It

is

sim-

ple

and

e-

le-

gant,

but

it's

cruel

and

an-

ti-

the-

tic

And

there's

no

ef-

fort

to

re-

ve-

al

it.

De-

co-

ra-

ted

war-

ri-

ors

drill

harm-

less

kids

on

pave-

ment,

Si-

mu-

la-

ting

ty-

ran-

ny

un-

der

red

al-

ert.

Pro-

tec-

ting

the

o-

pu-

lent

and

sta-

ging

mo-

ral

stand-

ard,

They

ex-

pect

re-

demp-

tion

of

char-

ac-

ter

and

self-

growth.

There

is

an

in-

ner

lo-

gic,

and

we're

taught

to

stay

far

from

it.

It

is

sim-

ple

and

e-

le-

gant,

but

it's

cruel

and

an-

ti-

the-

tic

There

is

an

in-

ner

lo-

gic,

and

we're

taught

to

stay

far

from

it.

It

is

sim-

ple

and

e-

le-

gant,

but

it's

cruel

and

an-

ti-

the-

tic

And

there's

no

ef-

fort

to

re-

ve-

al.