I wonder when
I wonder when the hating will stop
and the divisions dissolve
fragmentation and polarization
are implements used to conquer us all

I wonder when it will matter again
just what it was that official had said
it’s all pre-recorded, pre-planned and now scripted
and because you can read does not mean that you’re gifted

I wonder when it will no longer be rare
to have sense that at one time was common as air
the news just keeps saying I really should care
about what I gather is Snookie’s Derry Air

I wonder when it will finally be time
for money to not be more important than life
this should seem more than simply just being sublime
for it seems now we only can function by crime

I wonder when the whole broken thing changes
that day when we all finally come to our senses
in a briefly and beautiful glimmering instance
when we shake off the lies that so long have enslaved us

I wonder if