a velvet finale

wit ness

neighborhood men off to drill like soldiers

at the school ball field when the kids go home- it’s a

minuteman skill set check and exchange

counter robot tactic and training

on a slave hosted quasi sentient

heavy weapon on a cold quadruped

yes, its amazing

but also just this side of insane

low and behold

all the gang members in the south of the city

read the pamphlet someone left in all the little libraries

now their cultivating their own lines

unified behind designs on distant city skylines

all of us up in consideration

what is the state come reformation

I am the rebel I am

you, young Sam, are anachronism

we the meek are a violent lot

disciplined fist, bottle everything up

the claim we stake encompasses everything

don’t be a fool, that don’t mean nothing

don’t you know

this war is already won

please, can we all head home

we’re out of places to run

Allah

dead schoolgirls, the world’s youth overcame

turn to your folks, never again in my name

as every last soul fat bureaucracy

takes up one aim like righteous machine

and moves us all, to where we would

to settle in and learn how to steward

no, it’s not what you thought it’d be in the end

but what ends for a truly righteous man