Against Veneration

If all that gather is hollow,
is steel, is water and is knife
then fire must come
and so will ice after its ashes.

do not choose a house
if all the roofs are on fire.
there’s wisdom in a ground
If all that gathers is hollow.

do not pick a color
if we are all hue-men
do not choose side if it
is steel, is water and is knife.

curse a soloist with his sound,
curse your flesh in its youth
if salt passes a message to ice
then fire must come.

so let flowers grow
let the brewing blokes follow
a path that will not burn their feet
and so will ice after its ashes.

Ruddapoet