Cliff Poems
Bow Down to Gold
Bow down to gold
and do as you're told-
obedience is respect
in the absolute world
Sit on your toes
sing for food-
discipline is holy
discipline is good
Good for the queen
on her precious throne made of stones,
fanned by changing guards in a comfortable palace
built over the ruins of a blood garden.
Good for the kingdom
established by invasion that adopts Buddhism
to teach docility its citizens then builds opulent emerald statues
of peaceful beggar Siddhartha next to stacked weapons.
Good for the Lord who eats donated souls.
Good for the bureaucrat that swallows taxes.
Good for the snake oil merchants who spit scam venom advertisements.
Good for the policeman with lazy authority.
Take off your shoes,
cover your arms,
support the troops and
stay still silent during national anthems.
Salute superiors
revere rama royalty,
however ungodly,
and bow down to gold-
bow deep three times,
fall into a bulldozed grave.
and do as you're told-
obedience is respect
in the absolute world
Sit on your toes
sing for food-
discipline is holy
discipline is good
Good for the queen
on her precious throne made of stones,
fanned by changing guards in a comfortable palace
built over the ruins of a blood garden.
Good for the kingdom
established by invasion that adopts Buddhism
to teach docility its citizens then builds opulent emerald statues
of peaceful beggar Siddhartha next to stacked weapons.
Good for the Lord who eats donated souls.
Good for the bureaucrat that swallows taxes.
Good for the snake oil merchants who spit scam venom advertisements.
Good for the policeman with lazy authority.
Take off your shoes,
cover your arms,
support the troops and
stay still silent during national anthems.
Salute superiors
revere rama royalty,
however ungodly,
and bow down to gold-
bow deep three times,
fall into a bulldozed grave.
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Bow Down to Gold
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