Humans are trite little creatures of Earth
always lying, never telling the truth.
Spreading platitudes in place of wisdom,
they delude themselves into false knowledge.
People stake their claims on the universe,
call it their own, name it after themselves.
They soil eternities with their pretensions,
not even knowing it as they do so.
Holding the keys, they imprison themselves,
lock themselves in jails made of delusion.
Hiring mendacious people to tell lies,
they get their weekly fix from charlatans.
Bourgeoisie with wallets full of money
pay others to prop up fragile egos.
One day they will reap the consequences
of all of the missed opportunities.
People will regret that they abandoned truth
As the dying world burns down around them.