Revolution

[The_system_screams]

And maybe it dreams
of fire
but wakes up
with paperwork.

[dukealien]

And maybe it dreams
of fire
but wakes up
with paperwork.

Very nicely put.  Today, the revolutionary spirit doesn't devour its young (or its elders, depending on who you ask).  It carbon-copies them to illegibility.

(Does anyone else here remember carbon copies?)

[busker]

And maybe it dreams
of fire
but wakes up
with paperwork.

I like it!!!

Fire>>>paper

you can see what ensues  

[Mark A Becker]

And maybe it dreams
of fire
but wakes up
with paperwork.

I'd shorten this short one even more, maybe make it a syllabic monostich:

Revolution dreams of fire
but wakes up to paperwork

[own]

I really like this! it's short, it gets to the point, and so much truth is held in these words,,,,