Don’t trust the government
Any of them
Don’t bother belonging to a “party”–
they are two sides of the same
corrupt coin

Don’t voluntarily place yourself 
inside the box they have planned for you,
the captured peering out from the lid,
suspicious of all not in a box labeled
just like theirs

Don’t limit your freedom to
believe or dis-believe according
to the whims of some bully clique
or societal pressure

Be your own person
Don’t label and hate others–no 
matter their “party”–

They want us to forget who we are–
human beings, much more alike than
unalike, capable of incredible things,
until we are split into factions, 
forgetting 

who we are
and who are 
our neighbors

        the sole purpose of government 
        is to control and limit
        the possibilities of those controlled

if you want something more, 
you must claim it, and face 
them on the battlefied, if necessary,
to keep it

or you can sit quietly and hope
you are not seen,
accepting your yoke,
lips sealed