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.