apathetic sympathizer

got an apathetic sympathizer
sizin’ up the scene
s/he’s been lecturin’ on the circuit
s/he’s been weighin’ on the brain
s/he’s been speakin’ like s/he’s
been alive, a hundred thousand
years,
like there’s wisdom bleedin’ out
her/his nose &
dripping out his/her ears---
s/he’s the type of hypocrite who’ll
do exactly what’s s/he’s told (then
complain that it don’t work)---
drown all her/his sorrows in a bottle
then shove his/her ass off to work---
get mad when the man be tellin’ her/him
that what s/he’s doin’ gotsta change
then s/he’s back inside the bottle
washin’ possibility down the drain---
this be the one you know who lurks
at places that frequent resistance,
this be the same one who stands on the
sideline,
hoping no one sees em’ watchin’,
this be the one who will be the first to
run, the one who’ll turn us in, this be the
one who says they’ve always been
there for you, the one who swears that
they’re your friend &
the next time that’cha’ flair up,
the next time that’cha’ fight,
s/he’’ll come out of her/his cave
wavin’ a “tisk tisk” finger,
like what’cha’ doin’ isn’t right---
but the sure way to identify,
the way you know it’s them,
is that when push comes to shove,
when the world gets hot,
they say
“it’s the way it’s always been.”