the people launched

their ship of fools with

no master at the wheel

and ballast blown,

~

the asylums fall into

the hands of lunatics

as businessmen became

politicians, bartering for

their piece of the world,

~

social media graffiti, the

new bible of lies, spews

its endless bait, false vomit

confetti that spatters our

consciousness and twists

truth into sweet mouthfuls,

~

the youth are diseased

and weak from being

hooked as easy fish, gaping

helplessly as their

intelligence is traded for

worthless counterfeit

currency,

~

and old poets write

farewell odes in dust

and tears wondering

how it came to this

© Graham R Sherwood 08/25