Compensatory Illusions

A hierarchy of antecedents  an inverted pyramid or joy that precedes heart break and well wishes  tears that cascade after facts and unchecked plane tickets  sentiments divulged, rearranged, displayed like an Muslim at inquisition  Scientist's solution burning  on a Bunson burn making sense of what had happened Was. Experiments and Pyramids worn down to their skeletal  interior rooms and burial chambers  How did we arrive in this dead place? Ditto, of course. Batting away bits of silica  during sandstorms Protecting the inevitable We cry, out lips quivering  with Kleenex in hand manage to voice our opinions  with scattered hesitation  inhale and outbursts We will prevail... The sum of our greatest parts are nothing more the secrets told without witnesses. Results. Answers. Regrets  and courtroom Sustains those wanted advances in unwanted fashion slip through embroidered lace a stenciled moment as lips softly quiver with an inserted name fill this blank space  with repeated fashion we are the final product of Biblical conclusions Stone pyramids sinking into Egyptian dusk. Precede down the river lust obstructed by “In God we trust” We are slaves to ourselves  the builders of nonetrenal things Sold on an idea  with white picket fences and when paint wears away replaced by golden entryway The problem with sight it sees no illusions  If money is the root why keep planting it?