1

If those who chose to partake
of devoutly touted 'safe and effective'
eagerly injected poisons

had if even for a moment known
that by doing so they might be joining
in a ritual slow-motion slaughter

would they still have agreed
to not only aggrieve themselves
but also their sons and daughters

for no reasons other than to please
and obey what they'd failed to perceive
was a deeply diseased chain of authority
and just as deplorably to simply fit in
for the frictionless sake of lazy conformity?

2

Although perhaps best addressed
to the heirs of Messrs. Milgram and Asch
it's a question that every sane human
should presume to ask: “If they knew
the harm they might do would they still?”

Would they still have done what they did
pushing shots of bio-toxic slop and swill
on themselves and their innocent kids

for nothing but what they were groomed
to ironically assume was safe as milk
in the form of obedience to authority

and to just as spinelessly side
with the mindless masses to bask
in the craven comfort of blind conformity?