prelude to a civil disturbance...

in the beginning we disagree,
in the end the victor claims the spoils,
somewhere in the middle-
desolation,
somewhere in the future-
revenge,
somewhere in the past-
an opposite applies leverage,
the leverage is accepted as reasonable,
the sky opens clear,
and movements of worth flow singly-
directionally,
unfavorable,
and that becomes unreasonable,
so more leverage is applied because-
because one becomes superior,
and the other inferior,
and soon oppressions are deemed necessary,
and repression is deemed the new patriotism,
and punishments for dissension are in order,
and soon a volatile bottle is ignited,
and thrown at a tank,
and lives are sacrificed on a redundant cyclical alter,
and it becomes blessed,
and civilization pauses...