The Descent of Man

Knowledge and wisdom are not found in the chaotic crowd's cacophony of voices caused by fear and frustration They gather like swarms of locusts on emotional wings of hysteria Their beating sound swallows intellect creating perpetual hate and anxiety brought to them by their own failures and frailties None...which they chose to recognize or deem worthy of introspection Crowds easily led by puppetmasters who have spiraled down to the depths of depravity as they pull on the strings of discord tied to patriotic fervor Exhumed in a kaleidoscope of hollow memories from history...crowds don't remember As they turn their anger into a coming apocalypse where they sell their souls to their masters as they did once before When they called out " Give us Barabbas " Let the Christ die with his last spoken words " Forgive them... for they know not what they do " 9/25/17 contest 8 word challenge-4