child
you’ve been born
with
a losing hand
the cards
mankind has dealt
you
ain’t got nothing
but
a jester
and
an ace of spades
oh i know
your parents
were encouraged
by
the government
to have you
join
the human race
but
that was when
the replacement rate
was
below 2.1
so
you were
necessary
to
meet societal needs
however
that was before
we had the new chatbots
and
humanoid robots
hell kid
i remember
when that stuff
was just
science fiction
so
now
it would appear
that
your services
are
no longer
required
well
unless
you’d consider
becoming
military
a cyborg
hands move in set patterns part of the industrial complex at day’s end hands move to navigate through dangerous byways and city side streets at journey’s end hands move in ritual patterns to consume substenance and liquid anesthetics to prepare for the rest cycle but before the rest hands move to a set pattern to request divine intervention from the set patterns
the brown bag prophet stopped me and said he had a question for me he asked if students must meet quantitative standards to graduate doesn’t it seem appropriate that school board members also meet some standards like knowing the difference between a political agenda and a curriculum maybe having read the books they want to ban or at least be able to read and comprehend the deeper meaning of the lorax by dr. seuss
as we cycled by
a corpse
had been placed
by
the side of the road
it needed to
be counted
by
an official
who
could not
arrive
today
so
the body
was placed outside
of
the village
that
would facilitate
the count
tomorrow
since
the official
could
just drive by
to enter it
into
the records
then
the body
could be buried
afterwards
that
reminded me
of
how we vote
in this country
placing the body
of
freedom
on the side of
the road
of
personal gain
not realizing
our children
will have
to
bury the body
no winning numbers
but go ahead and place a bet
every now and then
the house casts out some cash chum
to lure and trap target fish
hooking minds on fantasy
Read Between the Minds 