In the essence of value, there is much to be said For a language, words mean nothing Without their value: Instead they are letters put together, random and unrandom As base pairs in DNA They will unaffect you, unchanged you, uncorrect you You and your ***** mouth of worthless words To anybody who doesn’t speak your language
In the essence of worth, there is much less to be earned For the worth of monetary value in your pocket is imaginary as well Just as the meaning of words It is paper, cloth, the tattered fray of a Goodwill jacket And until you see those green and red triangles They are simply paper, and metals, jangling like dreams Investments made, while rarely is the question asked Is this all necessary?
In the essence of significance, an object is privately coveted Your textbooks, your humans, your keepsakes You pledge to take, when asked, on a deserted island For this comfort can be found But starting life in a cell takes but a small electric surge And you thought it really did take two to tango… Would you ever believe that it took but electrons?
In the essence of morals, an objection is always remarked The space between black and white can be filled only With the value, significance, and worth of piety But where would we be Without our reliable instincts To guide us into the darkness? As the rebel knows, and the king and the layman knows From the same faulty conscience breeds the newborns The identical clones of “should” and “should not” Which pervade those private imaginings Of your perfect world Because why would we bother having those nagging little morals Without the want to change someone else’s?