revolt of the untouchables

what machine is lubricated
with oily heads of the great unwashed
teary eyes of proletarian tv addicts
blood of jaded virgins, greasy thumbprints
of missing links & ill defined legends

do we work to buy more time
so we can finish the work at hand
hitched to merciless capitalist plow
seduced by maya monotony
tame bump & grind of missionary muzak

bent over groaning nuts & bolts
caffeinated only to the point of resignation
basking in the glow of plastic spoons
a captive audience sizzling
under flourescent lights

watching parasites get the gravy
fueled by pipedreams
of tossing a wrench into the works
kicking in the teeth of mister charlie
chipping away at ivory towers

construting a new form of communication
a language of babel & insight
enigmatic, anarchic matchstick men
whittled from arthritic joints
rough, splintored iconoclasts

dancing to spirit scraping
against bone
self-exiled
to a well hidden
ungovernable place