Say that's for protection.
And that's okay.
Then another layer
In the name of
Social utility.
Pound. Pound. Pound.
A thick layer of concrete upon
Both- Name it ethics,
Morals, and idealism.
Then go on pounding
Many layers -
Religion, language,
Culture, marriage,
Nationalism.
Till you grow out
Of your origins.
Then despise the
Nakedness. Despise
The blunt truth. Despise
Straightforward acts.
Rounds and rounds of
Lectures on sensitisation,
Sanitization and
Political correctness.
Pound. Pound. Pound.
Till they can't look
In the eyes.
Pound. Pound. Pound.
Till silence is virtue.
Till obedience is pride.
Till fear is renamed
Civility.
Pound. Pound. Pound.
Till the body is no body,
Till the self is no self,
Till the living are
Half-dead statues applaud
For standing still-
And walking dead.