10,000 Year Chain

A 10,000 year chain
Dragging you by the neck
Back to petty order
And sad hierarchy;
All for a few seedlings
And a spare patch of land,
Coaxing you into a cage
Of ownership and fear;
So it is with all your
Modern sophiscation,
Your quanta and schema,
Your supposed slaying
Of mystery, that you
Are still, little creatures
Clinging to a plot of
Land and hoping that your
Master's chain doesn't
Snap too hard.