HA!

 
So you say
you are the light
you know what’s right
you know the way

you are the prophet

HA!

you seek
only the meek

the mailable
herd minded

control
for profit
is your agenda

manipulator
strangulator
devastator

evil’s capitulator
is what you are

we’ve heard it all before

empty platitude
feigned gratitude
false attitude

no latitude of vision

defiles trust

single-minded lust
for power
dominance

swinging wildly
undisciplined

riding down the light
subjugating the bright

megalo
your god of need

mammon
your god of greed

inaptitude to lead

ineptitude to know

no rectitude
to even care

walking dead

talking head

ghost
of the machine

ghost
in the machine
of life

voice
of the machine
that gives you
life

conjurs your image

makes you dance
pitiful puppet

powerless
dominated
controlled

mindless specter

shell
blight
parasite

your piper promises
I will not
heed

from your hand
I will not
feed

by the light of truth
I am sustained

you are
innocence profaned

seducer
abuser
malevolent mouthpiece

mr. webster

by darkness
manipulated
nominated
elevated

so toxic
dangerous
deadly

but truth
will turn to power

soon
will come your hour

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rob kistner © 2023

Poetry at: The Sunday Muse