Swords of Logic

I
Under the guise of
I just want to make you think,
students are poked at with swords of logic
until their basic beliefs bleed and
traditional morals are rusted by philosophy.
Solid ground trembles as the wolf of cynicism chews
at their consciousness.

II
Gray is the ruling color of academia.
White and black are for the uneducated
masses who depend on religion
to dictate yes and no.
Moral codes don’t fit
in academic discussions
after being shrunk in the philosophic wash.

III
Relativism, Socialism, Humanism –
Goddesses of Academia.
Three sisters who birth
contemporary knowledgeable corpses
and teach morals are like toilet paper –
disposable, good for wiping away waste,
flushable, valueless.

IV
Students are turtles –
packing knowledge on their backs,
clawing on all fours to keep their footing
in the midst of the academic mud hole
struggling to keep from being forced onto their backs
helpless, drooling the mantra:
Knowledge is everything.