Stay Inside Our Lines

Don’t express your opinion,

unless it’s the same as ours;

or -at least- harmless to our “business” interests.

Don’t act too smart,

unless you do it in areas of life we are not dying to control.

— Though we would prefer to control all of them — .

Don’t use your ability to think,

unless we can take advantage of it.

Don’t communicate,

unless you do it in ways that increase our earnings.

— Money makes our world go round. When it comes to yours,

we don’t give a shit — .

Be an informed citizen,

by reading the news we want you to.

Believe in yourself.

But, in a self that we can form as we please.

Don’t widen your perception,

cause we will find ourselves in the unpleasant position

of smashing your head on the pavement.

— Metaphorically, of course — .

Stay inside the lines we draw for you,

and everything is going to be fine

— for us — .

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Anthi Psomiadou — CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International : Credit must be given to the creator/ Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted/ No derivatives