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Slaughterhouse Blues
Well,
according to the federal reserve forecasts,
the banks are saying,
the minister is saying,
the government is saying,
the leader of the opposition is saying,
the party machine is saying,
the person on the street is parroting,
babies are repeating,
even the unborn are mouthing,
what a plausible thing,
what a singularly wonderful moment,
what a magical outcome,
what a superb turnaround,
a miracle,
a mighty effort,
such brilliance;
that we have succumbed to,
and believed,
the lies garnered to seduce us,
as if they were life-giving truths,
and, in spite of knowing this very fact,
we accept the unreality,
as if paying for sex,
or gambling our last dollar,
this colourful fabrication,
this political fornication
engineered for us to swallow,
leading us on,
like cattle down the race
to the slaughter,
that we gladly celebrate,
drives me completely spare,
as I swim the other way,
with the moniker of mad.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul,
pvcann.com
Powerful and confronting
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I hoped it would be 🙂
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You really hit the nail on the head!
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Thank you very much
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I fear we are in real peril, given that too often the spin on situations
supersedes truth.
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I agree, we stuck in a Bogarde celebrity circus where the machine is the real driving force.
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“Political Fornication” is the right term … and they do it shamelessly and so publicly yet still we follow like sheeple 😦
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Sadly so, if some of us keep swimming the other way though … 🙂
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the only way evil can succeed is if good people do nothing …. I will always speak up for those wrongly treated.
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Me too
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And it doesn’t seem to matter what the subject matter is, the response is always the same – flibberty-gibbet responses that make them appear … [something?].
I think I’ll join you on the mad side, ‘cos it’s all that’s left to make sense of what we’re seeing, hearing, being told to believe
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I’d welcome a few more, we might turn the tide, many thanks Cage
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I’ll pass the word around
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🙂
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A brilliant and powerful poem about the propaganda we have to deal with every day.
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I wish it were otherwise
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Yes I hear you
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There’s a few of us then 🙂
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There are many of us out there Paul…but still a silent minority.
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Yes, just need to be heard more clearly
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Harsh reality of today’s world.
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Sure is
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So well expressed. Makes me want to pull all of my hair out.
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Sorry, but also many thanks
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This is life! Great poem!
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I enjoyed your wonderful comment, thank you so much
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A really good one!
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Thank you Kally
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