Fifteen Minutes Of?


Each longs to obtain
fifteen minutes of fame.

Pawns in play,
simpleton on display.

Farcical amusement
from slapstick humans.

Spectacles in a petri dish,
slaves to their lavishments.

Analyzed and watched—
spare no expense… at what cost?

A muse for their “entertainment,”
to be the fodder at their "banquet."

Plans to steal, kill, and destroy—
bartering your soul to deploy.

Creating the pandemonium;
whence comes regurgitated solutions?

Governed by the unseen legion,
sheeple blinded by fabricated freedom.

That fifteen minutes of wantingness
now seeks solitude… and will find none.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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