state of the state

mediocrity disdains competence
the state loves the faggot
dependence is power
independence, contagion
confusion, stability
sickness, assurance
largess, brittle
bureaucracy, robust 
god, cheapened 
honesty, derided 
war, profit
prophecy, dangerous
peace, abomination
incest, the hidden rule
health, hated
the Jew, an unknowing debtor 
the German, a blind blaze
the American, a proud slave
God, distantly dying
Science, ever the shy sword
the politician, a loud pot
the novel, our saving grace
heaven, here, in a dog
hell, unending male terror
platitudes, currency
money, a self-happy calf
melody, a coughing canary