Higher

 

Dig up the Unknown Soldier 

Cordon off Mount Everest

Limit deep sea divers

Pull the Titanic from its depths

Uncover all life’s mysteries 

Except for those we use to rule

Monkey does as monkey sees

A pox upon these fools

No flying in a snowstorm 

Unless you take the next vaccine

As you no longer get to choose

Your danger comes by our decree

Bicyclers should wear helmets

Fast machines electrified

With the number of new seizures 

They’ll be working double-time

We’ll tell you how you’re feeling

We’ll tell you when to die

Now back home until your lips turn blue

And we’ll treat you in good time

There’s no more stranger danger

Let them take you for a ride

If you reject by race or gender

You’re the type that we deride

As we watch the planet hoppers

Stuck in transit along the way

I call bullshit on moon walkers

That were bouncing on a stage

They lie about our accomplishments 

Our failures and our foes

Those left alive they want the same

No further shall we go

Of all the things both said and done

They’ve never wanted us to find

The sacred true connection 

That transcends both space and time