Anthem Of The Mundane That Seeks All To Be So Poem by Raj Arumugam

we are the lovers of candy songs
the creators of toyland verse;
we love established ideas
and do not explore unknowns;
we love what comes
all packaged
and easy like
birthday presents
wrapped up and shiny
and colorful;
we see the world entirely
in opposites:
there’s always the beautiful and the ugly
and there’s always
Good and Evil;
we honor clichés
and we can throw phrases
and words that will astound the masses:
love, honor, truth, God, freedom,
soul, our great nation,
the only true religion;
and
we love the sweet,
the cute
the tasty
and verse and ideas that
are the like layers of fat
on ice-cream and pastry
and we do not
want to go beyond these boundaries
for dad warned us in early days
to return home before dark
and mom warned us always
never to speak to strangers