VIOLENCE
Satur Sulit
would they have us believe?
that money and its fruits
the joys and comforts of capitalism
are worth all the violence
we do to each other?
Category: satur sulit
TRAPPED
Satur Sulit
i am careful
not to interfere
in the culture
of the native.
i am too alien,
trapped in the ways
of my masters:
by their language
in their thinking,
by their weapons
in their wars,
by their rule
in their methods,
caught, trapped
in a story
essentially
incomprehensible
to the equable
native’s nature.
DURA LEX SED LEX
Satur Sulit
the law is harsh but it is the law, lawyers argue
if the law wrongs you there’s nothing they can do
sorry but tough, the other got the better of you
there is injustice in this, but the law is blind
not for truth but for other purposes designedwhen the law knocks and papers are served you
accusing you of this or that, be it true or spurious
outlaws know it well, money is the real issue
good if you have it, rich friends or family
else you must find it, and a friendly attorneylaws are pliable, lawyers know what to do
they think as we do, of people there are but two
who wins and who loses, the doer and the done to
guilty or not guilty only dizzies the head
it can go either way, be generous or you’re deadthe law is for sale, you can buy you protection
go see what the cost is of a counteraction
the law is full of holes, designed for your discretion
the stakes are divided defense and prosecution
money is legal tender, it is so-called for a reason.
THE SILENT ANARCHY
Satur Sulit
if democracy is
government by the people
and anarchy is
the absence of government
then a people
unwilling to be governed
when time to select
must in conscience elect
an outlaw to office
to preserve its interests
in the spirit of democracy