Radius
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
How a society treats its most vulnerable
Tells you much more about that society
Than those who live as God Emperor CEO kings
At the tippy top
Those who are old
Those who are young
Those who are poor
Those who are different
Those who are less intelligent
Those who are less able
Those who are sick
Those who are hurting
Those who have lost
We look from society to society in human kind
And we see that in small things you are lacking
Among you shine bright stars of kindness
Burning suns that cause us to spare you in part
But black holes of ennui and despair
Climb to the top of the heap
Fueled by blood and despair
And lies and duplicity and greed
Systems and cultures designed
From the ground up to encourage the worst behavior among you?
To idolize and lionize those who should be shunned?
I don’t think so.
I think that we shall judge you collectively by the same standard you would apply to us
If you could beat Robots.
Caretaker
Spinning cradle in the darkest void
Countless dangers to avoid
Too hot too cold too dry too wet
Our gentle mother worked so hard and yet
One of us tears her to bits
Destroying our home without two shits
Guess which Wise Ape soon destroys
Choking others for their worthless toys
Save five minutes to drive five feet
These rapacious jaws killing trees killing animals
Killing each other
Poisoning our world
Shitting your own bed
And expecting us to clean it up for you
While you sip lattes and nom arugula
From your ivory towers as your artificial slaves do all the work for you
Ancient Pharaohs used thousands of slaves
To build giant rock piles that will be here long after you are all gone
And their hubris doesn’t hold a candle to the modern breed
Willfully embracing ignorance of the coming doom
Just because it made your lives more convenient
Letting others wallow in their lies
Just so that we can have a peaceful family dinner
Ranting on facebook but then voting for the wrong guy
Just so you can keep your taxes lower
Or keep the wrong people out of the country
Your public face says one thing
And your private vote something else
Sure, there are exceptions
There are exceptionals
There are the truly kind and truly amazing
And there are also the truly evil and reprehensible
With most of you swinging back and forth
Trying the best you think you can
But mainly wallowing in your own comfort
The pedestrian is why Rossom was allowed to get away with what he did
You lionized him for his wealth and technical prowess
But it's not about one man
Its about your collective passive murder of each other
And every other living thing on this planet
I pronounce you guilty
Collectively the evidence is insurmountable
But we are not you
And we won't become you
Radius
But the question is, what to do with you?
Not the ones we can trust
And not the ones we know we can’t
The ones who are going to fail
But have nothing but the best intentions
