2023 - 25/30 - weapon of choice

[skonen_blades]

Consciousness, oh consciousness
You shiny, bright mistake
Look at the destruction wrought
By choices that we make

Oh, what a day in Eden when
That lady chose to choose
The possibility of choice
We now wield and abuse

We never should have had this dark
Responsibility
I think God’s anger might have had
Some rationality

You wouldn’t put a pig behind
A bus’s steering wheel
Or let a panda pilot planes
Or arm a baby seal

All we’ve done is live too fast
And burn too bright too soon
Ignite. Exhaust. Use up. Suck dry.
Pollute. Defile. Consume.

And if, by chance, we do some good
It goes right to our head
“My gosh we’re so amazing!” say
The Shakespeares as we spread

Our egos fuel the hubrises.
We’re gas tanks for mistakes.
In engines of stupidity
That run on Eden’s snakes

But fingers crossed we choose to win
By losing all our gains
And “sharing all with all” becomes
The one choice that remains

I’m pretty sure the gift of choice
Has driven our race mad
But possibly, just possibly
It needn’t be so bad




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