Within my deepest, darkest brain
It stirs, a sluggish wad of hate,
Demanding, shrieking, loud, insane:
"Our skin's the thing that makes us great!
Ideas, poems we create,
Cuisine and music rightly prized
Depend upon this single trait!
Behold, the truly civilized!"

Cathedrals, mosques, and temples stain
The earth with blood to mitigate
Pollution's threat: "We must refrain
From mixing hues! To hesitate
Invites destruction! No debate!
And once the threat's been exorcised,
Our race will rise, rejuvenate!
Behold, the truly civilized!"

It stabs and gouges, wracks with pain,
Destroys the quiet mental state
I've sought to stringently maintain
Until I'd like to abdicate.
"You traitor!" screams my addled pate.
"Disgusting how you've temporized!
We must forbid and legislate!
Behold, the truly civilized!"

O slab of meat, you desecrate!
It's those who've talked and compromised
Who turn the world and bear its weight!
Behold, the [i]truly[/i] civilized!