eric sundin

Twisted like acrobatic acts
to engineer outcomes perverted
opinions offered up as facts
then glibly, haughtily asserted

On recklessness binged
in forward pose
pours on claims unhinged
anything goes!

These days seem veracity
as well as morality
eclipsed by mendacity
in foam bath banality

In times erstwhile weren’t we restrained
by facts as being impregnable?
Perhaps too old to be retrained
for when few norms are detectable

Now floating away dazzled
from Reality’s shores
we’re too creaky & frazzled
to keep pulling the oars

Thus on waves of distraction we’re drifting
when did we last do something uplifting?

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facts = “Factual evidence, since it is an impediment to what we desire, is banished” – Chris Hedges

edited 08/15/24 1730