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Conspiracy Theories - Illuminati Lampoon

Written: June 05, 2026, for a contest sponsored by sponsored by: Robert James Liguori

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Cimmerian commonwealth 
nursing holy brews
churning mysteries 
with argent wands

Titans in penumbra  
lean close—  
brewing enigmas
with argent stems,
greasing the gears.
 
A grimoire of governance  
flutters open,  
pages full of  
incondite lore  
and hornswoggle headlines  
nobody fact-checks.

Power studies itself  
in a cracked mirror—  
greed blooming  
like desert weeds  
that never dies.

Chiefs grin  
their counterfeit harmony,  
buying belief  
at clearance prices.

Sages—late learners—  
soothe the crowd  
with honeyed noise  
and velvet fog.

Farewell speeches flare  
incarnadine,  
promising everything,  
delivering vapor.

Morals limp in last place  
while oily fingers  
rake the jackpot.

Imbroglio eternal—  
truth rationed  
in dogmatic chains.

Skyfoam slogans rise,  
tiaras of lies  
wilting under their own shine.

And we—  
visceral, wary,  
perpetually bemused—  
watch the circus  
spin its cabotage wheel.

Yes, yes—  
The Illuminati runs the day.  
Sure, mate—  
and I’m the Pope  
of Broadway.

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Sara Kendrick June 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM Way to go with this revealing contest entry. I agree that within the world's politics or political arena there is an excellent show going on and for what? The stage is being set for a person to come and use that stage to gain the people of earth to believe he is the answer. Thanks for sharing it with us. Way to go. Sara K.