Avoidance, thy name is cross purposes Your universal law conflicts with the Ideal I've been weight lifting Dead olympics, cleanly jerked us out of Competitive spirits, since the playing field Is a pile of dried, broken spaghetti Soundly, those Roman historian resonate With the individualist ethos Cornered by market forces And the fragility of moneyed nonsense Bury my disgust? I'm not sure; And that lack of confidence Will be not only a downfall But the root of all sneers Existence is rain Falling down Going to the river, ocean Rising to do it again Easier than a boulder's mountain climb And a lot less effort