I see you
In the corner, sipping your coffee
I see your knowledge
Maybe I’m the only one
The only other in this godforsaken cafe
Recognising the world going up in flames
People just going about their day
With their iced tea or chai latte
Coffee and the drug of poverty
Desperation is the handicap of the hour
The powers that be playing in your head
Telling you what to think, Instead
Of letting rationality survive
How will the world work
If there were, God forbid, Equality (gasp)
It’s such a wonderful mass psychosis
Who me... well I never... no I’m not racist
This delusion that we’ve all surrendered to
That we believe we’re all equal
But some men of course are more equal than others
Worshipping, admiring, objectifying
Desiring
A contradiction of self is a human
And we try to define it in a tiny little box
Always forgetting where we came from
Ugliness is in our essence
A drive to dominate and establish our presence
To be the One, the Alpha, the Omega
And when humanity failed we created the Other
The One, or the Many
And called them Creator
We said we were “created” in their image
Or that “They” are part of us
Self serving, petty and egotistical are we
Oh but better than us is He
So yes, maybe I am the only one
No different from anyone else
Maybe even a bit worse
Seeing the delusion
And buying into it anyway
To be accepted into this cesspool of trauma
But I see you
Across the cafe
And I think
You see me too