Monolith

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.