"Modern schools achieve nothing at all. They teach only how to string words together without understanding—
as if for sheep, bleating matters more than feeding."
— Pierre Abelard, 12th century.


Little ever changes—
Darkness dulls the mind,
Leaves the soul in cages,
Trapped and nearly blind.

Wisdom’s crumbs are taken,
Feasts for beasts begin.
Sheep get scraps and fables,
If the Shepherd’s king.

Swap the masks of leaders,
Flocks will never see—
Truth is lost in bleating,
Drowned in sophistry.

Bleat, but never reason—
That is what they teach.
Feed upon illusion,
Sense stays out of reach.

Sing the mind’s last requiem,
For the fools are massed,
And the grip of fascists
Drags the world down fast.