king of swords

the world that is now is essentially corrupt,
the closer the world-view to the absolute,
higher the perceived societal depravity.
every pure perspective here, subject to being ridiculed,
and everyone else, a victim of its seemingly innate, inane constructs,
truth, ethics, morality have become a thing of the past,
marketability is the only axiom,
fueled by greed and deception,
decisions are no longer right or wrong,
they are profitable, or otherwise,
our ways can only lead us to a certain -topia
where the true talent would be.....
"how beautifully a man can con another"
where knowledge can be used as a differentiator
rather than be used for upliftment.
where money doesn't just buy, but commands,
where life doesn't prosper, only proliferates,
these times are no more distant then one might imagine
that is to say, if nothing is done about it.
what is then a soul to do? what are its options?
to lay back and expose the underbelly, cowardly dog-style
give in to a life of shackles, though imaginary, yet very real.
or adopt a cynic's approach, become a pariah-dog
as i have, and hate everything that this life has to offer,
even those things that are knowingly, only being indulged in.