No Right To Obey

You can scream. You can pray.
But you have no right to obey.

You can tell me to go away;
But I won’t acknowledge a right to obey.

No-one has the right to say,
“I was only doing it my superiors’ way;
If I’d rebelled, I couldn’t stay,
There’s no blame;
I had to obey.”

Sometimes, obedience is a reasonable price
Shoot me or take my wallet? Living is nice.

But obey or be fired? Obey or they kill
Obey or they’ll find someone else who will?

Believe what you want. Believe what they say.
You never have a right to obey.

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Jeff Mach is an author, playwright, event creator, and certified Villain. He'd love for you to check out patreon.com/jeffmach for his favorite work (it's almost all free!) He's currently working on the Great Catskills Halloween Vendor Market and The Big Dark Lord Dwarf Novel. You can get his last novel, "I HATE YOUR Prophecy", or his increasingly large selection of other peculiar books of shortt fiction. If you'd like to talk more to Jeff, or if you're simply a Monstrous Creature yourself, stop by @darklordjournal on X or The Dark Lord Journal on Facebook.