Turn your milk a different hue
These additives are perfectly safe
Where the cows grazed contentedly
Are they really contented
Has anybody asked them or even watched for signs of discontent
And do they even graze
Or are they fed such pellets
As cats and hamsters and salmon batten upon

Who knows the difference between paste and pasta
Some kids eat them both
Maybe the difference is just the use we put them to
Is that what it all boils down to
Use

They broadcast a video recording yesterday
Of a horse ridden by a police officer
Trample a guy
This wasn’t 1819
This was July 2023
In a place where people recorded video on their phone

Sometimes people complain about regulation
This red tape is murder they say
The worst thing you can hear is
I’m from the government and I’m here to help
They say

Is there a rule somewhere that cops don’t ride horses over citizens
Probably not specifically
But if there is such a rule
It didn’t stop that cop from being an asshole
So yeah
You can probably believe that the stuff you eat and drink
The stuff you buy in stores is safe

I wonder where the gun that killed the teenager yesterday came from
Some illegal transaction probably you’re going to say
And you’re going to say that guns don’t kill people
People kill people
And there’s a rule against that isn’t there
So fuck all the rules and just let everybody do
Whatever the fuck the want
They say

I envy the cows
If they’re contented