Needle Nose

Needle Nose    9/28/2017

Up and over

Around and down

We have gone

Into a rabbit hole

Where up is down

And down is up. 

Long ago lost

And long ago duped

We reel from tragedy

To tragedy

Unaware and asleep. 

We can believe

Or we can doubt

But if all of it,

Is a lie

Than nothing is true.

While we were staring

The rug was pulled out

Fleeced to the bone

With nothing left to show. 

And while we were shocked

The purpose is revealed

The solution to the problem

Decided in advance. 

Sometimes we conspire

And sometimes we don’t

But what if it never happened

And all of it

Was fake. 

Sitting in our seats

We watch the events unfold

Nothing but a carefully scripted movie

Right in front of our face. 

Chasing after theories

We are entranced by fire

Hung out for us to see

Half truths

And obvious lies. 

But in the blackest night

The laws are passed

Unopposed suicides

For everything we love. 

Caught halfway

We never see the end

Always off balance

And always

Unprepared. 

Far worse than we think

The deeds were done

On our heads

And on our dime

Amused and manipulated

Every day

In every way. 

Slowly conditioned

To accept the noose

Tighter and tighter

Weaker and weaker. 

Changing names

And changing faces

All in day

Without consultation

And without debate. 

Look up

And wait

As the days pass by

Another one down

And closer

Than before.