Little Body Back Wall

Are you the one at the back of the room,
Little body among bigger bodies,
Although all bodies are mostly the same,
Unsure what it is you’re contributing,
Or whether you should be contributing,
Or why there are so many people here?

Congratulations. You’ve reinvented
For the umpteen-millionth time awareness
Of the uselessness within collectives,
Even though collectives are the main way
Humans conquer the world and get things done.
How many game-theoretic models

Have you studied to try to comprehend
How collective action problems are fixed?
You’d prefer they could be fixed by a vet,
But they continue to proliferate,
And you continue to sit at the back
Little body among slightly larger.