Bread and Circuses

Nasty beasts were released
to assist the thought police
in canceling all contrarian dissent

In fact anyone deemed different
of appearance or opinion
were labeled as threats
and caught in the net
of state sanctioned repression

Once the complicit population
shaken from former indifference
was worked into a sufficient frenzy
our extinction ticket was punched

Down on the arena floor
even the predators of this feast know
the blood thirsty spectators above
cheering down on today's carnage
will soon enough one day
be their future squealing lunch

"Quod severis metes"