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Perspectives of the First World

from The Hand That Mocked, The Heart That Fed by We Scholars

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Inhabitants of the first world
I watch you complain all day
Like a petulant child who
Never seems to get his way

You spend your life manufacturing
A false complexion
While you're constantly searching
For your digitized affection
Even instant validity
Could never set you free
From your malignant, narcissistic, self-absorbed personality

You're sitting around waiting
For the red carpet to unfurl
It makes me sick, but these are
The perspectives of the first world

These appetites for vanity and avarice
Have led us to a state of unbridled selfishness
Can't discern between what you want
And what you need
You're wringing your hands
As you line up for the feed

Inhabitants of the first world
You're crawling on your hands and knees
Salivating at the chance to purchase your new identity

You spend your life manufacturing
A false complexion
While you're constantly searching
For your digitized affection
Even instant validity
Could never set you free
From your malignant, narcissistic, self-absorbed personality

You're sitting around waiting
For the red carpet to unfurl
It makes me sick, but these are
The perspectives of the first world

These appetites for vanity and avarice
Have led us to a state of unbridled selfishness
Can't discern between what you want
And what you need
You're wringing your hands
As you line up for the feed

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from The Hand That Mocked, The Heart That Fed, released November 29, 2020

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