Fear sucks at
my spine, like
a leech,
slimy and black.
The crowds
laugh and imitate
each other.
No creativity,
only brutality.
Little lemmings.
They get raises and
promotions,
accolades in bunches.
Killers of the
dodo and the redwood.
They smile over
tea and the
bones of dead men.
Perfect in
their machine like
minds; immune to death,
like the quest for power.