I am the ordinary
I am the mundane
I am the boring
Trapped in a reality
Of the interesting.

I am the middleground
I am nothing special
I excel at nothing
Swimming in a sea of
Exceptional acts

I am the copier
I am the assimilator
I do not innovate
Doing what has been
Done over and over.

I am lost in the masses
I am just another number
I do what is easy
Run from confrontation
Hide from the complex

I learn nothing
I go nowhere
I am the laziness
Letting the current
Take me where it will

I am the follower
I am the followed
I am the supporting character
Who is always outdone
By the hero

I am the sheep
I am one of the cattle
I am herded passively
To slaughter
Mind screaming impotently

I am the grain of sand
I am the extra nail
I am the extra
One more or less
Doesn't matter

I am the useless
I am the drone
I am the disposable
For I am pointlessly
Ordinary in every way

        -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey   8.24.2000