workers of the world

Pronounce warrior!
Are you born of steel?

The king has no power.
The knight no rider.
The seal has no order.
The slave no loser.
Pronounce warrior!
Are you born of steel?

No law stronger.
No nation’s greater.
No citizens’ charter.
No oath harder.
Pronounce warrior!
Are you born of steel?

My kind’s the brightest.
My work’s the finest.
My vision’s the farthest.
My word’s the loudest.
And I pronounce best.
This, at my own behest –
I am not born of steel.
I am born of my own right.

For none shall question
the Insects’ might.
No pig dare fashion
the consecrated night.
No, there’s no man in sight.
Workers of the world, unite!