Corkscrewed

 Corkscrew                                   1/5/2016

We fell into a corkscrew

That someone else had made

Spinning downward through a spiral

End over end. 

Down, under, up and over

Who can tell

Which way is right

Upside down in a rabbit hole

With no way back

And no way out.

Someone long ago

Dug this trench

And filled it with gasoline

Burning higher and higher

In a hell circle of fire.   

We could look away

And go to the arena

Cheering fake heroes

For no reason at all. 

Or we could ask

The chattering fools

But all are corrupt,

And compromised. 

Living in a fairy tale

That never existed at all

The latest fraud of many

Choreographed for fun. 

Long since infiltrated

And steered in the same direction

Always stupid

And self-sacrificial. 

But it’s hard not to notice

The burning spires of man

Dried out, empty

And lit up like a torch. 

We drag ourselves

Through the motions

Hobbled and wounded

Barely noticing the carnage

Just down the road.

You can ask

And you can wait

But in the end

We are expendable

And hated. 

Nothing but a loose end

To be tied up

And buried

All for power

And all for gain. 

Pursue truth

At all costs

Research it

And let it sink in.

And then you will see

And feel the scissors

Cut between two blades

With nowhere to turn. 

Let the fire fall

And let it all burn away

As we limp to the valley

Predestined fools

Stubborn, blind, and deluded.