Strongmen

There is an element of defiance all of us carry inside

To live harmoniously in the society that trait we try to hide

We fantasize about breaking rules and getting away

Without any repercussions or roadblocks in our way..

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There are people who have the chutzpah to openly display

Their disdain at established rules, their charisma helps them get away

With behavior that would be considered egregious

For, if not all, then the majority of us

Many of us come to grudgingly admire

Such rule-breakers, secretly we wish to acquire

The Devil-may-care attitude that they possess

By which the defiant streak within us is impressed

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These strongmen on a pedestal we place

Their ideology over time we embrace

It all starts with the desire for defiance

Of rules, and ends up with blind compliance

With the playbook they have designed

This is how they get control over our minds