Evil Eye Poem by Alan Bruce Thompson

I don’t want to be seen not doing good,
We will be told what to do, and be told we should.

If we don’t do, we are told, who? what? and why?
We are reminded that we are watched from the sky.

The society doesn’t need those who think on their own,
Such independence breeds seeds that should never be sown.

We all should fit into some uniform comfortable mould,
That’s why we are permitted alcohol and nicotine, I am told.

If those wicked anarchistic free thinkers try to spread discontent,
We forthright citizens must take action, make them relent.

It is quite right to scrutinise, even to spy,
For why should free thinkers be free from the evil eye?