calls up principle morality rigid imperatives think loyalty
soldiers to their country priests to their church bees to their hive
politicos to their party cultists to their leader spiders to the pattern of their webs
allegiance obedience righteousness
what force compels duty’s mantra with a staccato beat
dark shadow of crows to their rookery
duty must (smell its mustiness)
quicksand under your feet (its slipperiness your sinking)
gangs to the mobster /boss /chairman /president
fidelity to foolhardiness parasitic solidarity
Kant to ideals