"Occupy the Emerald City;

           circumvent the greed.

           stand until the crumpled silence

           reaches yonder hill.

          But it remains a pity;

           hearts will always bleed.

           cessation of violence,

           targets lighter kill.



          Mind changes will to bone;

           novel prospects, dread.

          …

“Gaze into faces,

get behind eyes.

From so many places,

fed so many lies.

All satiated,

starving for more.

Emaciated,

nauseating encore.

Imbalanced, heavy scales,

bearing unjust weight,

all who would reign must fail,

policy is bait.

Only one more swallow,

deep, filthy well.

Thirst always follows,

hunger’s dinner bell.

And, so we take the mark,

clones stamped in red;

sheep left in the dark,

bones, bleached and…

Insolent minds;

  welcome to the view.

 Sounds and colors climbing

  to your heart's delight.

 Pull down the blinds

  nobody's watchin' you.

 Marvelous assumption

  this rendering of sight.

 Information is a bane;

  communication, grief.

 Emaciated ecstasy

  is languishing in children.

 We just want to breathe again,

  oxygen's a thief.

 Is this our legacy

  chained in sheltered prisons?

 Soul starved refrains

  require new…