Red Fish

Red Fish   4/10/2015

Our eyes follow the movements

Transfixed by neon

And dazzled by glitter

So that the hands go unnoticed

And do what they will. 

Many are mesmerized

By the flash and bang

Cherry picked for consumption

To distract and deceive.

It doesn’t have to last forever

But only long enough to work

As the ends justify the means

To the liar and the devil.  

A murderer from the start

Proud, envious and hateful

Promising anything

Just to get what they want.  

Beware the red herring

Flopping on the deck

While we founder in the sea

And sink to the grave.

 

A thousand times worse

Than you can imagine

The criminal cabals

In high and lofty places.

Dictators, Oligarchs and worse

The self-styled elite

Trading away you and me

For a few dollars more.  

If everyone is dead

They who will remember?

As we all age

And drop in the dirt.  

Even a giant

Can be killed by a bee

Overwhelmed by numbers

And overcome with poison.