Oppressed and Entitled

they are mutually exclusive

you are not oppressed

you're entitled 

within paper thin skin

from an egg shell skull

you're not suppressed

you are coddled 

into some emo nuisance

now professionally outraged

you are not a warrior

you're a panderer

only fashionably engaged

only superficially intellectual

manufacturing contempt
addicted to that feeling you get

when you think you've made a difference

because you're smart and important

when you give yourself that pat on the back

for being "special" and enlightened 

          but you never look further

          you never go deeper

          you ignore all dissent 

using the fight for civil rights
as your license to be cunty
condescending and f*****g stupid

we were never oppressed

it's why protesting can be fashionable 

why there's a whole culture of outrage

and no one can stop it. . . not even your enemy

we are all of us entitled 

to all manner of moralized bullshit 

right or wrong, silly or brilliant - we can be all of it

but oppressed or entitled are terms mutually exclusive

you cannot have your cake. . .  etc., etc.,. 

Author's Note