Hunger
When truth is auctioned, in the marketplace of hatred
When liberty means slavery
When love means hate
When brotherhood means enmity
When dreams are nightmares
and nightmares reality
When answers are questions
and questions lamentations
When grief is a commodity
and pleasure an ideal
When silence is protest
and speaking is submission
When experts are minions
And minions are commanders
When knowledge is suspicion
And belief is conclusion
When the ruled are empty
And the rulers are insatiable
When the majority is a minority
and minority the hunted
When the tyrant is the hope
and the democrat a traitor
When criminals are spokesmen
and dissenters are deserters
When the state is the nation
and citizens are subjects
When madness is sanity
and reason is delusion
When punishment is mercy
and discipline is suffering
Our longing for revenge
crippling our compassion
devouring us while we feed its lust
nibbling away at our humanity
We are the dead
in search of the living
We are hungry
