THE REAL OBSTACLE

It is easy to mistake

The apparent for the essential,

To confound protons with electrons,

Particularly when the former

Take on, in human atomicity,

A civilized electron veneer,

And the latter, as masses,

Are obliged to work/behave in a forceful manner,

Thus appearing to have a proton bias.

It is even easier to discard

The essential for the apparent,

To favour an apparent absolutism,

Albeit one couched in essential terms,

So that the apparent appears complete in itself,

And any subsequent reference to

A theocracy-biased, free-electron aspiration is ruled out,

More on account of ignorance than wilful malice.

Thinking on apparent terms about the world

And its historical evolution can lead to

A superficial notion of what constitutes

The main motive or driving-force behind its

Historical evolution - namely the class war,

As between bourgeoisie and proletariat.

But while this is indeed a motive force for change,

It is only the apparent one,

Born of contingent, ephemeral factors

Which vary according to epoch and environment.

The essential driving-force and focus of tension

In the world's historical evolution

Will be completely overlooked,

Being something that can only be grasped

From a theocratic standpoint.

And what is this something if not the 'sex war'

Between selfless women and selfish men,

The apparent bias of each sex

Paradoxically belying the essential one,

Which in women is particle-hard and in men wavicle-soft?

It isn't class division which is the real obstacle

To a brotherhood of men but ...

The intrusion of women between them,

Cutting them off from one another

As a possessive suspicion and sexual distrust

Condition their mutual relations.

Only when men are freed, by religion,

From the possessive clutches of women

Will a true 'brotherhood of man' be possible.

Yet this can only happen in a deeply theocratic society,

Where the essential will take

Considerable precedence over the apparent.