And So...

...And so there were those that were outraged
and something had to be done
...and so voices shouted that they might be heard
saying that they hadn't been heard, and that they must be heard,
and that they wouldn't hear of anything else
and nothing was heard except the sound of loud
becoming louder, and louder, and louder...

...And so there was looting, and violence, and destruction, and chaos
and fires burned riot-smoke into a smog filled sky
and what was bleak became horrifyingly ominous
and where hate had been kept inside there was blood gushing out
as hands were stained the same crimson as the faces of rage and embarrassment

...And so mortals that were not saints and not devils
were proclaimed as if one, or the other, or both
and even if they were such things it wouldn't change a thing
...and so everyone said that things had to change, and things could change,
and that things would indeed change
but it never does change, or it does change
but it doesn't matter

...And so no one cares, and everyone pretends to care,
but everyone should care according to the voices that say they care
and all the voices say so, and so, and so, and so...
and so it is written, and so it goes, and so,
and so,
& so...