(written Spring 2009)
Who Makes The Rules?
The Rebel Arts Union has come to your town
with a message to help you tear it all down.
We make the rules inside our own heads.
It is always us and not the feds.
Nobody but us can make us obey.
We always have our own way.
We always have our own choice.
We always have our own voice.
We make the rules inside our own heads.
No matter who claims to have power,
there is only one with the power,
it is we who have the power.
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a god make the rules?
Did a devil make the rules?
Did a spirit make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a messiah make the rules?
Did a prophet make the rules?
Did a saint make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a politician make the rules?
Did a general make the rules?
Did a CEO make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a state trooper make the rules?
Did a police officer make the rules?
Did a constable make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a professor make the rules?
Did a teacher make the rules?
Did a trainer make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a grand parent make the rules?
Did a parent make the rules?
Did a sibling make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a doctor make the rules?
Did a nurse make the rules?
Did a healthcare worker make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a banker make the rules?
Did a financier make the rules?
Did a stock trader make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a judge make the rules?
Did a lawyer make the rules?
Did a warden make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did a mob make the rules?
Did a gang make the rules?
Did a bully make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did an artist make the rules?
Did a writer make the rules?
Did a performer make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.- We do!
Did an industry make the rules?
Did a corporation make the rules?
Did a company make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
Did anyone alive make the rules?
Did anyone dead make the rules?
Did anyone yet to live make the rules?
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We Do!
We make the rules inside our own heads.
It is always us and not the feds.
Nobody but us can make us obey.
We always have our own way.
We always have our own choice.
We always have our own voice.
We make the rules inside our own heads.
No matter who claims to have power,
there is only one with the power,
it is we who have the power.
Who makes the rules?
Tell me now.
We do!
Remember that. 
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