Staying Power Poem by Raj Dronamraju

Let the tedious sway destiny
Keep pumping it full of assembly line slavery
Bring forth legions that don't have a personality between them

They die and it's as if the Hydra created retards
Five new dullards for every old one
The individual is eternal while the dullard army is eternally disposing of itself

The cowgirl laughed in my face
It was sudden and I found it sweet
Her mockery produced the realization that I'd been true to my face after all

They laughed at a starving man's finely drawn lines
But not at his hysterical focus, the desire that does not flag
I had not dissipated into anything resembling middle aged pot bellied suspended animation

A memorial to steadfast enviable arrogance
Arrogance held up as something to be emulated
A crazy staying power, an Easter Island statue awaiting someone who is impressed