My Tribe

Rising Neo Barbarian Ethos

If I admire their looks
Their fashion
Their attitude
Are they my tribe?

If I embrace their hymns
At their most inspiring
If some slogans make sense
Are they my tribe?

If I know not their secrets
Real intentions;
Just shorts and platitudes
Are they my tribe?

If they push for ideologue kings
I likewise know little about
If they push for kings at all
Are they my tribe?

If they back a queens' revolt
Flags rainbow and gold
To smash them rich kings (or the poor?)
Are they my tribe?

If they bend the knee
Betray at real hardship
Reemerge in Halloween warrior
Loudest in pride
Guided and played
In masks of the latest church
I'll praise no church marks
Each symbol kills the substance

My tribe can't be distant
My tribe can't be flag sized
My tribe can't be incomprehensible
My tribe can't be untrustworthy
Those are bad traits even for allies

“Extinction Rebellion poured dye down the steps near the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, during a protest in solidarity with indigenous communities in Brazil who are dying from Covid-19.” Can you imagine my tribe even trying to do this — if we could be that stupid paid — let alone being allowed and MSM mass paraded? Remember the pasarela Black Panthers? Toppled statues, idle cops? QAnon Shamanism? Patsy Smith? Just a few.