a face in the crowd

"The killer in me is the killer in you." -from the song "Disarm," by The Smashing Pumpkins

the next tyrant to beat all tyrants is another

face in the crowd

s/he is the product of all the mutual ignorance & human stupidity

waiting

like a ticking bomb

with the rage of a thousand bloody battles roaring through the

bloodstream

impossible to find &

impossible to tame,

impossible to negotiate with &

impossible to stop.

 

s/he acts quietly, silently, underneath the radar,

with all of the time in the world.

 

s/he sings a song that we all can hear.

 

s/he desires nothing but destruction & is bent on oblivion.

 

s/he walks with a pure, unadulterated justice, which knows no

popularity contests,

upon who no one’s looks, intelligence, wit or finance can

bribe.

 

embedded in the mirrored reflection,

s/he is amongst the crowd of selves within,

destined to obliterate even

you &

the time left curls up

as a wick

with both ends

burning.