An infomania infused
with mythomania,
as lines are blurred
by yielders to temptation,
ready to concoct, distort
any narrative, while
playing willy-nilly gods,
in a scramble for verisimilitude
that always seduces,
yet produces little
more than manicured falsehoods.
And the truth doesn't
get any younger;
it ossifies,
untold and forlorn,
a casualty of casuistry,
vying for the vengeance
of its validity,
unheeded yet whispered
by fools who forewarned...
There are some good words in here. The first one that struck me was "infomania" - is that a neologism of your own?
I also like (and am familiar with) verisimilitude and casuistry.
Your poems seem to contain a lot in a few, terse words - seem to be a concise way of reporting - often only one sentence - replete with profound vocabulary.
At the same time I am not always sure I get what lies behind your mystical encryption - but sometimes I think I do.
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Sun 11th Dec 2022 02:19
Thank you so much, John, your kind comment means a lot! 😎
A commentary on our times. Very impressive, Holden. 😎
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Holden Moncrieff
Thu 15th Dec 2022 01:34
Thank you so much, John, I truly appreciate your very thoughtful comment! I really don't aim for 'mystical encryption', but I suppose I end up with that!😄
As for 'infomania', I can't take credit for it, not my neologism!😎