Into this indifference the temper
of cynicism, of anomy
distempers of rage
pressed into speechlessness
the mute gestures of inaction reflected
in the masked faces of denial
time running away
with our captive impotence
contained anger turned
inwards, the body consuming
its impulse
to give chase
a stink of tainted process
in which inequity is smothered
the dull drag of compromise
a manoeuvre
to stifle protest
in glacial intransigence, a filth
of melting sentiment insulting
in its penury
this charade of care, of inclusiveness
which does not include,
the makeshift gestures
of contempt, reason dismissed
in deceitful excess, obdurate
in superfluity, the machinery
frustrates all tactics
of escape, closes off
the possibility of argument
of explication, a mire of detail
to sink a point in
the predetermined outcome
is etched with a stylus
on the smeared glass
a callous message without meaning
marking the boundaries of resistance
inscribing its purpose
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