Plastic Pizza

Plastic Pizza                         9/19/2016

You can take a bite

But it won’t fill your stomach

Nothing but grinding on air

In a pit of nothingness. 

Such is life

In a land of plastic pizzas

An empty pill capsule

Lulling us to sleep. 

There is no freedom

And there is no sustenance

Not for the honest

And not for the good. 

Waiting in line

And waiting at the chute

Shocked and prodded

On our way to the end. 

Liars will always lie

And thieves will always hide

Cutting deep

And running away. 

Hiding in the darkness

And trading favors for money

Crushing every obstacle

Merciless and cruel. 

Some fly high

And some go easy

Smiling on television

Rich and dumb. 

Protected and smug

They who lie for a living

Sleeping in their castles

Protected and numb.

Far off they live

In a world of make believe

Where good is bad

And darkness is light. 

Raising up their fists

Full of hate and bile

The empty headed fools

Over paid and overfed.

Cut them loose

And let them fall

Gnashing and moaning

To no one at all. 

Stewing in their hatred

And crisping in the sun

In the mangled remains

Of certain destruction. 

We are not the same

And even now

We change

More and more

Ready and willing.  

Looking ahead

And looking over

Awakened

And determined.