Social Order
Entropy by default
A thing in motion must stay in motion
Or disintegrate like scattered light
In a crystal prism
The question must be asked
How long can the social order last
Before entropy takes hold
A system fastened together
With chicken wire and good intentions
Cannot withstand a constant pounding
Of unforgiving pressure
Without beginning to bend
And bending till it snaps
The social order is a brittle bond
An agreement among civil society
Built on hope and ideology
Philanthropy and intellect
A free press and common assumptions
Concerning the nature of civilized
Existence
The social order is under attack
The assault did not begin
With the great pandemic
It began with an assault on reason
An attack on science
An undermining of truth
A demeaning of facts
But the great pandemic has
Magnified everything exponentially
Leaving the structure of government
The institutions of democracy
The foundations of society
In tatters
The question must be asked
How long can the social order last
Before we snap
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