when did not being stupid become a
crime, the clocks stopped for brains
the glorification of the blank, screens
flicker, minds dim duller than ash
ignorance paraded like new shoes, half-
conversations roaring over empty drinks
pretense is a luxury, the rich wear lies
as jackets but knowledge is the outcast
indifference is embraced, wisdom snubbed
like stale bread for bearded gurus
we've raised the blinders; the lost
flock laughs at those who still see
knowing burns, the mind's a sore muscle
better left untroubled by its own weight
each day’s schooling, a mistake now made
by too few, the rest, drunk on vapidity
societies rot like forgotten fruit, all
cultural memories are footnotes erased
they call themselves proud, the dumb and
damned live, strut in delicious decay
here's the chant: books closed, open
mouths, ambition traded for ignorance's rap
when did not being stupid become a sin,
we ask the void looking for old truths
it answers back in laughs, silence masks
the despair of knowing they are right
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Comments3
Many great lines in this poem and unfortunatly all too true.
Ignorance, the parent
Of aversion and craving
A whole lot of time wasting!
Great write.
Excellent write
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