It's a Religion, I Tell Ya ▲ poem by Neonn Felicity (2018)

it's a religion, i tell ya! the american dream, a pocket full of nickels and a revenue stream. nobody checks the stats on all the damage it brings nobody hears the facts about the savage schemes. it's a religion, i tell ya! athletic gladiators & ignorant commentators, lizard brain stimulators & belligerent legislators demanding you stand for an anthem that brags about stealing this land and planting our flags? it's a religion, i tell ya! we've been sold a bill of goods this is not real freedom, that dream is just a falsehood come on, you could see that if i could. we call this shit adulthood but we misunderstood. see, in this religion, it's all about buying stuff "he who has the most wins!" & it never is quite enough. them hamsters stay runnin in circles, afraid of waking up it's a fucking religion, i'm tellin you right now! like, wow, somewhere along the line we chose to allow straight up unchecked raw ego to where the heavy crown we worship narcissists & pathological liars selling church tickets don't think they conspire? it is a religion, i'm tellin ya! industry revolutionized & in the vacuum of god's death his invisible hand remained on earth to distribute our social wealth but we all know Santa doesn't bring his toys to the bad parts of town for the naughty boys ain't got shit? sorry, kid! there's a high price to pay for a life well-lived for those with the time no money to enjoy it for those with the money no time to enjoy it if economics were a science, we'd re-calibrate that imbalance, but even the suggestion of trying is treated like blasphemous malice it's a religion, i tell ya but in this one the rapture is real the end of capital, immanent, i know how i'm gonna feel 🎃 http://www.utopiancartography.com