i often take
things at face value
a personality foible
where i expect
honesty
which honestly
is on me
for ignoring
empirical evidence

freedom
should mean
being free

yet we are taxed
on every freedom
or explicitly told
by oligarchs
the definition only
applies when they
deem it beneficial

freedom isn’t free
it accrues interest
from the rats and
snakeoil salesmen
in oversized suits
it is broken down
into tax brackets
then restrained by
special interest groups
who only take interest
in smashing freedom
into their ideals
without the basic
fucking understanding
of what the word means

these twats in their
ivory towers defend
new definitions while
decrying everything
which goes against
their new white order
as woke while sleep
walking sheep cheer
in the face of their
own finanical ruin
as they defend billionaires
who have never known
anything but true freedom
at the expense of others