Epode

We the leaders and the followers

the blind killers and the blind victims

I the atheist and the pious

the filthy rich and the despondent

We the egotistical and the humble

the allies and the enemies

I the knowledge and the ignorance

the palatial and the squalor

We the dreamers and the dreamless

the forever roamers and the domesticated

I the important consonant and the vowel

the wide ocean and the secluded cove

We the princes and the beggars

the bigots and the altruists

I the hero and the traitor

the serpent and the eagle

We the sheep and the lions

the socialites and the hermits

I the free-spirited and the fanatic

the man erectus and the worm

We the anthropocentric and the anthropoid

the autocratic and the marionettes

I am the child of God and the Devil’s cousin

the arduous worker and the tedious

We the initiates and the initiated

the ropewalkers and the Übermenschen