Hidden Education

[corvid_conquest]

The mark that makes authorities of men,
The hubris signed as proof of wasted time,
Elitist paper notarized and kept
From masses starved of shelter, food, and dreams.

Impoverished at birth, and still at death.
As snobs are lauded wise while bound in debt;
"They're ignorant" they say, "against the better
Judgements of their own self-interest."

The wretched rural slave that spurs contempt,
While overseers scoff from high in towers —
The idiocy derision drives apart
Who would be friends united as would brothers
Against the idle lords that whip them both —
That blind them both in shackled servitude.

Comments

[corvid_conquest]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Fifteen years ago, I was in the midst of high school. I should ammend my poem to seem less sharp and bitter.