By: Bruce Levine

Focused on infinity
Without clear-cut definitions
Prolonged anxiety
Created by hyperbole
Society regulated
By rules imposed
Without the consent
Of the governed
Fragmenting the populace
Into antagonistic segments
Making demands
Solely on their own behalf
The squeaky wheel
Getting the grease
Defying order
And changing rules
With separatist orientation
Only on their own behalf
Hatreds festering
Through fear and ignorance
Yet unwilling to look
Beyond the tip of their nose
Freedoms disavowed
Through popular emotion
Leaving behind
The silent condemned
Live free or die
Is more than a slogan
Society regulated
Without consent