Secretly, stealthily, unknowingly yet knowingly,
contradictorily yet truly,
we know nothing is what it seems to be;
that seeing is not the seeing,
the inside is not the inside
the outside is not at all.
Unbelievably yet indubitably,
honestly, actuality could not in fact
be factual reality.
Covertly we know all this to be
yet we still choose the blue pill
for there is safely in numbers,
and to be alone and right
is a terrible burden to shoulder.
So furtively we buy into
the blue
and agree with you.
Conscientiously Combat Contamination:
Pass punitive laws policing polluters
Keep chemicals from killing crops like corn
Plink and plunk pests with pure, perfect panaceas
Segregate and shun smokers of cigars and cigarettes
Contradictorily, Contribute to Contamination:
Permit and protect pernicious ***********
Validate, vindicate, and venerate video violence
Liberate, laugh at, and lionize lascivious language
Glorify and giggle at graceless, gutter-fed gossip
Counteracting Contamination
Can't cut both ways, can it?
Contest Entry - "Contamination" - Sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann
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