Best Works Divergence

best works divergence 
on high school boys 
choosing a jackass and a cynic 
from the land of steady habits 
over the tired ways of old 
from oppression and rules run 
at break-neck speed to the coast
 where the silver screen tells a truer story
but not for tired old men watching a dead deal done
 assured by experience and hard work
 that neither this path nor that
grown up or worn
holds the key
if my love for you has split my heart
 and creased my mind
 it has not yet dissected me down the middle
 that one leg goes hither and one thither. 
 not to the soothsayer's spin listen,
 nor heros--it's no use
they sold their wares too cheaply 
 held up and celebrated for what they never said
egotists and assholes, power mongers and psychopaths
line the path less traveled 
 while the rest trudge along in single file
 wait to hear the next lie or as hermits do
 hide from all enemies