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Terrorsmiths

Now the enemy is a vague foggy ghost brought so readily and intimately to the forefront those well-known unknown faceless pernicious enough a hidden host in a wanted posters photograph come they have to invade your homes to run their chill spike so wickedly down the middle of your spine as we sit there shivering in the televised propaganda of insecurity there in the back ground all the time Who are they this unidentified cabal of homicidal criminals do they want to kill you and why and if by weapons system or deception and if by assassination is their only solution the world will be insane enough to pay attention to them the world held enthralled by danger the menacing fear of extremist terror beguiled by the terrorism of protection fearfulness stabbing a fearing icicles chill come they have to kill you in person But these are not those so anonymous enemies who now walk among us with their sanctioned guns in plain sight their backroom agencies reporters, talk-show hosts, newspaper editors you will hear no explosion from their bombs politicians and news readers, the mass media chatters in a collective sampling of information in clear view these exploiters and manipulators the whole story of humanity kept selectively mutely beyond the reach of the populations cognition Trust; is their weapon gullibility the theme of their machine the lies interpretation and deceit is their intention greasing the wheels of corporate done deals in lucrative bargaining their industries progression the terrorsmiths by tyranny unelected step upon the ant hills run us round and around their mouse wheels the world held enthralled by terror the menacing fear of extremist danger beguiled by the coercion of protection fearfulness piercing the anxiety's chill come they will to kill us in person Feigning concern they recourse to the law and the uniform while dreaming of how much more they will earn each atrocity by increments deemed more acceptable and so becomes a bit more profitable but these are not those so nameless enemies now walking among us with their authorized guns in plain sight are their fake and facile institutions scientists, radio-show hosts and the programs editors you will hear no explosion from their bombs these mass media abusers the single entity corporate, the blither and blather of officialdom in a connivance of terrorsmiths they unanimously come to overcome all of human freedom I first wrote Terrorsmiths in February of 2010

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