We will roll you to where
the curved bells ring
we will tumble you to the weeds
where you will be
picked
from
the many.

We will roll you to Harvard
to Princeton
to Yale,
you will excel
and be rolled to CEOs
and as the globe rolls

You will cut
hew
fell
the sphere

(But
you
dwell
here

Why do we destroy? Why do we destroy?
Nature is not a toy!
Mother Earth not a firework
that explodes with splendor,
and you strain your eyes to squeeze
whatever profit there may be
you run trees through cuisinarts;
where is art?
What chemicals roll you in your shopping cart?

Poppin pills
the circular
numb
anti-depressant ones
heal your ills
with Chema-Kills
get your fill
even though you are empty.)

A well-rounding education.
Don’t be square!
Cut your hair!
Be presentable
or you will never get anywhere

We will teach you Good Grammar
History --so that you learn not to repeat past mistakes
Instead we will teach you to perpetuate new mistakes
Science--we teach you the undeniable laws of the land
they are definite;
we can prove it,
SO OBEY!
Even though all our scientific theories will have been disproved in a few hundred years…
it doesn’t matter; you won’t be alive by then

(KEEP THIS SHIT UP
NOBODY will be alive by then.)
We teach you a language,
or two
if you want it
BUT NOT THREE!
what were you thinking?
Silly, foolish young boy,
such an idealist
such a character
such a misfit
a
platypus
all the more reason that we
ROUND YOU,
ROLL YOU,
BOY!