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# Hydra
- URL: https://disparatemusings.ghost.io/hydra/
- Published: 2026-07-04T00:51:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-04T00:51:31.000Z
- Description: [Poem] It's gotta go down somehow.
- Author: Ryan Petty
- Tags: Poetry, Politics

The Hydra is all around you.  
It's in the air you breathe  
the food you eat  
the screen you scroll on.

The Hydra is a part of you.  
It's in the words you speak  
the goals you chase  
the work you do to live.

The Hydra doesn't care about you.  
It cares not for your dreams  
the hopes you have  
the tears you constantly shed.

The Hydra has heads.  
They appear as politicians  
the heads of state  
the money-hungry mongrels.

The Hydra has enemies.  
They appear as co-ops  
the union of workers  
the cold hard truth.

The Hydra's heads have been cut.  
They slay one head there  
the other head there  
the CEO of something for good measure.

The Hydra still persists.  
They think a figurehead slain is justice  
the pain will not stop  
the Hydra will keep living.

The Hydra isn't people.  
They form it from old notions  
the accumulation of avarice  
the attitude of the subjugator.

The Hydra has a body.  
They maintain it's skeleton  
the feet perpetually shaky  
the heart pumps, making more kings.

The Hydra must be slain.  
They cannot live forever  
the bells have rung  
the heart must be pierced.

The Hydra will be felled.  
We shall rejoice the day  
the pain will be over  
the human soul freed from the factory of sin.