By Casey Allen

PART III

OF OBJECTION: THE FINE LINE BETWEEN AUTHORITY AND FALSE ADVERTISING

 For so long a self-appointed establishment has deemed what is sinful,

What is destructive and unacceptable

These sellers of pipe dreams put themselves in positions of power by utilizing horrific imagery and promises of an enigmatic utopia

A reward in the future in exchange for your allegiance during the present

They dictate what is moral, what is productive and respectable

The indifferent majority is constantly searching for targets at which to point their fingers

They are free of responsibility so along as they have the means to pass the blame

A governing minority sits above on a capital hilltop, trying to maintain order,

While spiritual authorities use terms such as “miracle” and “faith” to describe the things science can not yet explain

Applause is due to some who pass laws in an attempt to control the madness

Even more so to those who volunteer to enforce them

Their best efforts to bring some form of justice to the aimless masses

What makes one man feel obligated to serve

And the next feel such luxuries are deserved for giving so little in return

They’ve nothing but contempt for the safety they enjoy

At the price of the insignificant taxes they pay

Are the modest salaries of those who ensure your security not earned?

Hatred for the faces behind desks where such objectionable laws are penned and passed

Faces whose places are a direct result of the votes so many choose to waste

Allow the media to mold your mind

To decide for you what is worthy of your criticism

Our televisions have the final say in what is wrong or right

For it is far easier to nod in agreement than to cause any kind of scene

To be anti-establishment is to be fashionably correct

Direct your anger not specifically at those whose actions and agendas are deserving of it,

But at the institution, its causes and effects as a whole

To be politically active is to object

With no motive, no function other than the principle act of rebellion

Standing halfheartedly unified, crying out in neglect

But be cautious, once the spotlight is yours you have clearly been singled out

Victims of profiling, an unfair and prejudice vendetta be on you and the beliefs your authorities are meant to protect

Is no attention due to the notion that the exercising of your rights and beliefs can only go as far as to not unjustly interfere with those who are not likeminded?

The power to determine the balance between free practice and unwarranted violation is one your elected minority has decided

By way of you speaking your voice, or by passing the choice on to those whom you trust to fill in the blanks in your name

Your can only hold your finger up in defiance for so long until you are left standing alone inside your own circle of blam