The Truth Does Not Make Sense

One morning
I got up
Hungry
For something
I knew not what
 
I made breakfast
Drank some snarling coffee
And turned on the news
 
And what did I see
Talking heads
Sprouting lies
Nonsense words
Gibberish
 
Nightmarish phrases
Nothing makes sense
 
Politicians
Sporting forth
Spinners spinning spin
Huskers hustling their hustle
Selling me a bunch of goods
 
And I did not want to buy it
I scream
My soul was not for sale
And I listened hard
Looking for the truth
 
Noting but lies
Coming out of hideous beasts
Barking words
Noise some noises and lies
 
Snarling disgusting lies
I sit there
Transfigured

Hypnotized by the overwhelming
Stench of the bull ****
Coming out of the TV set
 
I stood up
Smashed the TV set
With my boot
 
Trying to set myself free
From its hold on me
 
Men in black suits
Surround me
Put me on black helicopters
Taking me somewhere
 
I scream to no avail
No one listens to me
Just more noise
Coming out of the TV set
 
And I go out
Into the dark night
 
I was told
I was suffering
From a disease
 
I was insane
I could not longer
Understand
 
What was being said
To me
 
I asked my tormentors
What is the truth
 
They laugh
Smiled with evil grins
On their bloated faces
 
They begin to torture me
Because they could
 
Forcing me to watch
The President speak
Over and over again
Again and again
 
The same words
Black is white
White is black
The President is always right
Freedom is an illusion
Lies make you free
And it dawned on me
 
And I laughed
As I escaped the programming
Of the universe
 
And I was free
 
Truth and lies
Are the same
Everything are nothing
But dangerous delusions
 
As I jump out of the window
Into the night
I vowed I would
See the President
In hell
 
As I die
I am free
 
Good God almighty
Free of their lies
At last
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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