and what if
I have more cursed knowledge in my head than you
if I know what they put in the bottled water
the mustard seeds
the air we breathe
know the CIA infiltrated video games
That yes we were born this way
because we are a product of the government
just as much as God ?
( just as much as Rupert Murdoch )
Who knows what they intended
this high school of intellectuals and Machiavillians
who injected Tuskeegans with syphilis
who invented acid and leaked it to the masses
Did they get what they paid for
these bastards who hack us
track us
pin and tack us
count and mount us
who measure our worth in productivity ?
Did they want a lowering GDP
a quiet quitting
this dis-ease of living ?
I hate that you would hate me
that you would misconstrue my ability
to understand you
think that I have not tucked in a silent cage
( that I have not raged )
that I have not tried to teach
to learn
to change
to save
That I have not desperately ( desperately )
wanted to identify the source of this pain
and cut it from my face ?
We have become what they made
Silver lining ?
this probably isn't what they wanted anyway