It's a Religion, I Tell Ya ▲ poem by Neonn Felicity (2018)
Channel: Neonn Felicity
Date: 2021-07-17

it's a religion, i tell ya!
the american dream,
a pocket full of nickels
and a revenue stream.

nobody checks the stats
on all the damage it brings
nobody hears the facts
about the savage schemes.

it's a religion, i tell ya!
athletic gladiators
& ignorant commentators,
lizard brain stimulators
& belligerent legislators

demanding you stand
for an anthem that brags
about stealing this land
and planting our flags?

it's a religion, i tell ya!
we've been sold a bill of goods
this is not real freedom,
that dream is just a falsehood

come on, 
you could see that if i could.
we call this shit adulthood
but we misunderstood.

see, in this religion,
it's all about buying stuff
"he who has the most wins!"
& it never is quite enough.

them hamsters stay 
runnin in circles,
afraid of waking up

it's a fucking religion, 
i'm tellin you right now!
like, wow, somewhere along the line
we chose to allow
straight up unchecked raw ego 
to where the heavy crown

we worship narcissists
& pathological liars
selling church tickets
don't think they conspire?

it is a religion, i'm tellin ya!
industry revolutionized
& in the vacuum of god's death
his invisible hand remained on earth
to distribute our social wealth

but we all know Santa
doesn't bring his toys
to the bad parts of town
for the naughty boys

ain't got shit? 
sorry, kid!
there's a high price to pay
for a life well-lived

for those with the time
no money to enjoy it
for those with the money
no time to enjoy it

if economics were a science,
we'd re-calibrate that imbalance,
but even the suggestion of trying
is treated like blasphemous malice

it's a religion, i tell ya
but in this one the rapture is real
the end of capital, immanent,
i know how i'm gonna feel

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