Nobody.
That's me.
Mr ordinary.
No matter what you think.
Hear or see.
Irrelevant.
You don't know me.

So I have Diddly.
Elementary.
Swallow my pride.
Bury my ego.
Whatever it takes.
Survival at all cost, 
the name of my game.
No, I'm not lonely.
Loner by nature.
Delighting in the simplicity.
Snicker and gossip all you want.
Revelling in poverty and anonymity.
Fuck off !
I'm comfy.
You don't get it.
You'll never understand.
But that's why you are who you are.
It's why I am Who I am.

Your clothes, cars, house, jewellery,
fancy title, bank account and the 
pretty women don't impress me.
Another place, another time.
A starship much larger than a city block.
Commander on the bridge.
Waiting for her to clear dock.
Look around. 
Everything you see.
Anything you touch.
Everyone you meet.
Answers to one man.
The final word.
That's what I am.

Power.
How do you define?
Terrorizing the weak.
Shadowing the innocent.
Intercepting mail.
Surreptitiously.
Digital and snail.
Tapping the phone line.
Snap your fingers and
some asshole jumps.
Your pace, your beat, your time.
Worst case scenario.
What?
The occasional kidnapping.
Another unsolved murder.
Made up to look like a suicide.
Please...
We know what you're trying to hide.
Your word isn't the last.
Rant all you want, you've got a boss.
Son your "power" trip is
nothing but a slow, tedious ride.
Close your eyes.
Picture the near past and the 
not too distant future.
You're in a stranger's hand.
Gradually growing cold.
The blood pounding through his veins.
Electrifying his body in ways you can't
even begin to imagine.
Your eyes bulging, mouth a gaping hole.
Helpless.
As he drains the essence from your soul.
It's not an illusion or a sham.
That was.
Is.
What I am.

Believe it or not.
The universe doesn't revolve around you.
Your filthy friends or your hideous job. 
Your ability to get on radio or television
and be a wisecracking intellectual slob.
Every slight, every transgression.
Large or small.
Call me Obsessive.
Recorded them all.
Remember everything.
Forgive nothing I say.
If not you, then your children,
or their children, or their children's children.
Your wife, mother, father, sister, brother.
If not now then tomorrow or yesterday.
It's not IF but when.
Somebody will pay.

Are you threatening me?
Son of a bitch.
Go ahead, cut me down.
In the big picture, life on Earth is like
the blink of an eye.
Fleeting at best.
I was here before and I'll be back 
long after you die.
It's not arrogance,
my lack of fear.
You're all that Jack.
I simply just don't care.
Stop!
Listen.
What do you hear?
Probably nothing.
Soft intense hum.
As far as the eyes can see.
Millions strong.
Ferocious Warriors.
An ancient song they sing.
Heads skyward.
Paying homage to their king.
It's what they live for.
It's what they'll die for.
It's the only thing about
which they give a damn.
It was.
Is.
Who I am.

Nobody.
That's me.
Mr ordinary.
No matter what you think.
Hear or see.
Irrelevant.
You don't know me.

We're C.O.G