They were born
Opportunists and sycophants and bootlickers
The same day poodles and propagandists and praise singers
…were born
The same way hypocrisy begat mediocrity
For bootlickers to earn a deserved booty
As they paid incompetence for a bad work done
As they prayed for competency to elude them
Just because of where your bread was bettered and buttered
You sold them your intellectual head
You vouched for their tongue each time they lied
They scared you to act coward
Their goofs and gaffes, your ears never heard
The standards they lowered below the bar, you cheered
But they who veered off against the wind, you jeered
Just because they bought you a free lunch
You surrendered the freeness of speech
You sacrificed the clearness of conscience
You feigned a blindness of eyes
You forced a deafness of ears
But they who broached the matter of their offences, you loathed
Just because your ilk raised you as a fanatic
You fanned off every attack on your ilk
You planned a day to hack away those, with your long blacklist
You grew your wings
To soar above your sins with a thick skin
So they who fanned dissent for your fan, you deserted
Just because they promised your back to cover
You offered to shower words of love
Showered words so blended with kind syllables
To show you so like the cover for your dark deeds
So they who dared uncover the dark, you cursed
II
When you fall to what you stand for
You fall to that which makes you stand tall
What you stand for
That you must stand for
When your tongue is frozen
Your whole is imprisoned
When your tongue is eaten
You are beaten…and broken
