The Crack of Reasoning

There's no remedial answer for stupidity,
and the only sufficient aid is education;
for we can militate over solutions
and ponder over eclectic propositions
about the barrier of illiteracy
engulfing the less fortunate;
yet, these classified individuals
are always expendable during wartime, 
while the ensemble of symboled elites gather 
courage from safe lofts far from the onslaught
of their intellectual ramparts;
their division is defined by cowardice
and shielded by powerful corruption
by those who make the laws to suit themselves
while disguising themselves as allies;
I do think it's time we stood up and denounce
these criminals who rob and oppress the blind
ignorant weak mass; because
when we are silent we are dead.

- John Hardesty