Slavish Devotion to Form

Give directions to the deaf
With pointing gestures
Talk the glory of god
With some fool believers
They say I’ve gotta engage with the world and the people living in it
But I stay open to second opinions

They say if I want want things
Or even to just want to stay healthy
These are the terms the world offers and I’ve have to meet it halfway
But I don’t buy that exposure to sick will ever help me

Talk in circles with a bigot
For what payoff?
Yell with an angry mob
In that way get off
They say I’ve gotta engage with the world and the people in it
But I stay open to second opinions

They say if I want want things
Or even to just want to stay healthy
These are the terms the world offers and I’ve have to meet it halfway

Punch an old head
Break your fist
In 40 years
Be gone and dead
They say engage with the world
And the people living in it
I’ll be reading my comic books instead