Archaic bureaucracy doomed 
from the outset bloated 
and hedonistic invincible 
and inert 
a bedridden monolith 
of uselessness 
we lack the fortitude 
to pull the plug unable 
to envision our lives 
without it instead 
we maintain 
a two hundred year 
vigil praying 
for a miracle of some kind 
not realizing that every day 
of mourning is also 
a day of regression 
social evolution 
is neutralized 
by antiqued tradition.