final examination

 

we’ve always been taught

that freedom is our creator.

 

we must awaken to reality

that freedom is our destroyer,

and we have made it as such.

 

we exploit and subjugate                                  we exploit and subjugate

less “advanced” societies,                                our own society,

assimilate and demolish                                   assimilate and demolish

entire ways of life,                                               with subversive inoculation,

in our quest for freedom:                                   for our freedom must continue:

                        the freedom to make everything ours.

 

we exploit and subjugate                                  we exploit and subjugate

the land they live on,                                          the land we live on,

assimilate and demolish                                  assimilate and demolish

the entirety of natural resource,                        life with careless pollution,

in our quest for freedom:                                  for our freedom must continue:

                        the freedom to make everything ours.

 

we exploit and subjugate                                  we exploit and subjugate

individuals in global society,                             individuals in our society,

assimilate and demolish                                  assimilate and demolish

a sense of worth, self-respect,                         a sense of values, self-respect,

in our quest for freedom.                                  for our freedom must continue.

                                          which freedom?

 

-undated, probably 1998-1999

 

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