Here we are again
The Deep State’s propaganda machine
Called out for doing what they do best;
Lying, omitting, disinforming, twisting the facts
To delude the masses, or at least half of them.
Why is it called fake?
Because story after story
Have been debunked as the official hoax
They always were,
And which they were awarded Pulitzers for
And never gave back. Nor ever will.
Story after story
Churns up this swamp, repackaging it
As pure mountain spring water,
Damaging the whole market for news.
What is there to even believe these days?
Who knows, but certainly not
What the Lamestream Legacy Media tells US.
And tries so hard to sell you, again.
(9/22/26)
From this man's perspective I find
the problem with society
I would say is mankind
the most dangerous animal on earth
also and for what it's worth
don't believe me take a look
too many followers of F'book
the absolute epicentre
of disinformation
of sanity an aberration
the CEO (almost) single-handedly
destroyed civilised society as we once knew it
and after his self-confessed wrongdoing
it's beyond my ken
why anyone would subscribe to it
a wise man he once said to me,
'Neither a follower nor a leader be'
yet if they take to wade or wallow in your wake
it's their choice to make
If you’re told a lie long enough
You believe it.
(9/20/25)
Dezi Freeman we are told killed two police
Wounded another, disturbing much peace'
Took a woman hostage and three kids
Message from the media, who from the police
Get their bits.' Meanwhile they hold Mali and
Consider her charging.yet she was not a hostage and where
It was said.' Not really clarity enlarging, how were
The kids treated after a fearfull experience' just thinking it through
Dezi was taking Andrews ex- state premier to
The law court.' He's an lgbt advocate? Of some
Sort..Rumours of child abuse historical they say'
Is Andrews extra squeeky clean.? He's been
Around anyway..Didn't he have a collision a young
Boy on a bike, reported 45 minutes later, drove off
Then back.? So some claim.' And that they do not
Like' will Mali be able to keep the children? Ir have
There been subtle threats? Comply or they'll be taken? I wonder what will come out next.?
The fakification of modern life
Is almost complete
As AI and disinformation
Crowd out the real and true.
If you didn’t see and do it
How can you even trust
It ever happened
Or at least how they say.
Like the old Emperor and his new robes
But in reverse
Now it’s the old calling out the lies
While the young just accept the illusion.
To the young the blurred lines will just be
What has always been
The nature of a social construct
Always in process, always under review.
What is the difference between man and woman,
Or right or wrong
Left and Right?
Whatever you want it to be.
(8/3/25)
Wildfire spreads quickly,
Homes turn to ash, air with smoke,
Fake story's rage burns.
©bfa052325
This is the century of the Big Lie.
Right from the beginning
With the Dot Com boom
9/11 attack and subsequent counter attack
We’ve been living
In one continuous deceptive news cycle
Of misinformation, disinformation, gaslighting
And Chicken Little fear mongering.
It’s no wonder the youth today,
Those born this century,
Are terrified of what is, and what’s to come,
Taking it out on themselves
With self destructive addictions and disorders
Taking it out on their peers and families too
Since actions have consequences
That ripple out through all time and space.
We’re all hardwired to believe
But in an era of pervasive brainwashing
In schools and media, entertainment and culture
We need to learn how to doubt
And critically think,
Trust our gut, intuition and the common sense
We’re also all born with.
We need to recognize the lie
And where it has come to dwell
In each of us.
(3/7/25)
Near the edge of democracy’s garden
sprouted the Tree of Misinformation,
quickly growing into the largest tree
with leafy branches broad and long and tall.
Though toxic was its eye-catching fruit,
many ate the deceptive apples
that clouded their minds
and blinded their eyes.
They could not even perceive
the clear, self-evident truth
that a deceitful serpent
had slyly seduced them.
Fanatically following the swindler,
angrily amplifying audacious lies,
they spread wide more tainted seeds
throughout the lush fertile garden.
Will the garden wither into wastelands
littered in reeking, rotting fruit and minds,
while the people perish
not understanding why?
(This poem was inspired by the not-nearly-so-dark Oct. 8, 2024 Frank & Earnest cartoon by Bob Thaves as well as the equally dark Garden of Eden story in Genesis 2 and darker-still political events. See also my poems “How Would Jesus Vote?” and “The 2023rd Psalm.”
In the realm of post-truth and misinformation,
We find ourselves adrift on a turbulent sea,
Deceit's waves rise, falsehoods obscure the sun,
Facts, like elusive phantoms, fade from view.
This treacherous current, a serpent coiled,
Around the pillars of reason, constricts our grasp,
Threatening to engulf our collective thought,
As we navigate murky waters of manipulation.
The lighthouse of objective reality stands,
Obscured by the fog of deceit, doubt's embrace,
Sirens of disinformation sing beguiling songs,
In this distorted reflection of truth, we dwell.
We, the sailors of the digital age, must wield,
The compass of critical thought to chart,
A course toward distant shores of clarity,
Across this tempestuous sea of ambiguity.
Like a rash, since 1943..Made ss friends, real neighbourly
Introduced them to his kin.' Off his nose he lost no skin
He took a percentage; called himself a survivour, never got
A train ride, though..Never was a camp insider.' He built up
His wealth, by deception and stealth. He's quite adept at
Negating human health, i wonder does he shiver when he
Showers? Or how does he sleep? Is the cost worth the
Power? The souls surely gone. Eyes must just be cold
Stone..No redemtion desire or move to atone.' I don't think
He showers.? But slides into a tub.as in narcasist fashion
He rejoices in blood, warm water; up to the chin, false virtues
Inventing, wallowing in sin, swallowing a camel and straining
Out gnats this old cold wrinkley, WHO craves so much clout '
Its crimminal gain, will countrys go broke? If this jerk gets
Debunked, then we, exposed his sad joke '
In Northern Europe its hot, in Britain its not, its
Windy with rain; fir the media ita a pain ' their
Narrative is not, about vairiables.. (its hot!) They
Need crisis its plain.' So they create and groan '
Make projections speak tomes ' disaster their
Grist, there's no conjecture they miss ' its like
There has ever been, temprature above mean'
As temporary..Yet we've seen it before.' Covid
Still in the score.! how many will die? Will it climb
To the sky? Will they have been 'protected by
Augumentation injected ? God bless any we
Lose, in health not so rude.' Its a scar on my
Mind, i'll accept no others in kind.' Scream as
Much as you like.' I advise take a bike and enjoy
Summertime, before foul days come as per
Creations design.'
Disinformation
Miracle man
5-5-2022
Much of what I see I deem disinformation,
some is fashioned to part me from my cash.
Currently there appears to be no cessation,
so I delete things that imperil my stash.
Now Congress sees need to set up a commission,
how ironic, since much untruth begins there.
But like most things it won’t come to fruition,
and disinformation our thoughts will ensnare.
Double-sided mirror
Deceptive reflections
Void of truth and beauty
Faith a small-time felon
Captured in a tight snare
Beyond pleasure and pains
Purchased books not read
Portraits not painted
Houses without roofs
A nonfunction heart
Stagnated living
Showing cold love
Unresponsive
To blank feelings
Reprimanded
Double-faced
Characters
Manifested
Human
Beings
Cruel
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