Seeing the Light

The same names keep coming up,
all the usual suspects,
but they give the illusion
of being many.

The same faces surface
the bugaboo’s,
the clown-faced devils.
We are taught to listen
without thinking,
to drink in
only their thoughts.

A critical mass is reached,
at last the sheep
are teaching themselves
to be sheepdogs.

Now we are watchful
of the wooly flock.
We will not drink
their watery beers.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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