The Death Of Logic

Here is a protest poem I wrote in 2024 that I imagine to the tune of The Sound Of Silence by Simon And Garfunkel.

Is the world about to end?
Here we go again.
They worshipped the same wood they used to heat their homes,
The metal used to plow their rows,
They outlawed the truth and put our prophets into lion’s dens,
(So they could not defend)
The pursuit of logic
 
They passed their children through the fire,
Called parenthood a liar,
The king burned up the warning scroll,
Put our prophets into holes,
Using dishonest measures and making false claims in God’s name,
(They played the game)
And brought about the death of logic
 
So when he cast the demons away,
They said he was under their sway,
He brought a man back from the dead,
So they tried to kill him instead,
They nailed him to a cross and let a killer go free,
(The crowd agreed)
The day they killed the Logos
 
Their indulgences we paid,
And waged wars in God’s name,
The divine right of kings,
Manifest destiny,
All animals are equal, but some more equal than others,
(Oh, brother)
Is this the death of logic?
 
They told us to hide away,
From a disease they made,
Said we were killing the world,
Told us that boys could be girls,
They arrested our leaders and kicked us off of YouTube,
(They said we were rude)
Slowing the spread of logic
 
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
His truth is marching on

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