Some say we are apes

evolving

to live

out the whims of science

obedient

to television violence

scampering

into malls in compliance

fulfilling

the commercial order

others speak of meaning

as a human chasing

caressing desire

and the thirst for pleasure

spinning around my head

as my thoughts turn

pondering a man

submissively broken

or simply given his due

to become our Messiah

allowing us to live

by exhaling

death