I’ve compromised my nature
In an effort to belong
Listened to the music
And tried to sing along
But now at sixty-seven
Apparently, a fool
Absorbing most the lessons
Attended us in school
School instructs the ego
Supporting us to learn
Teaching meek civility
And manners lent to earn
Enculturation is the object
Therein better to be used
By an economic system
Laced with methods to abuse
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