breaking ranks

oh, how they do not like it
when you throw in the towel
for their side (exhausted by the
infernal beating of one’s head
against the wall) & you join
the adversary---
funny how quickly you can be
accepted by those who obviously
got their shit together better
than the bozos whom you been
working with,
for the past bit of time---
don’t think for a second that it
will come easy &
don’t think for a second that when
you walk away, you won’t get your
tail stepped on,
when trying to pass quietly out the
door,
because they feel you
owe them something,
for all the time that you were
“allowed”
to parade in ignorance
underneath their big ol’ banner
bearing the slogans & various images
of current idiocy,
as if the whole world
would one night
fall into order,
your order,
the
new
world
order,
of which it seems everybody with a stake
in the power structure,
always is looking for an angle,
a way to manipulate the rest of us---
but this time, you were lucky,
ya got out before they dragged ya out
by your toe tag,
when you proved no longer
viable---
congrats!

good to have you aboard.