Recreational Destruction



Getting more entertaining,
Is an act ignored that has become insane.
A recreational destruction.
Endorsed and supported,
To gain power over malfunctioned brains.

Getting more devastating yet entertains.
Is a weaponizing of fear.
Everywhere although nowhere near.
To create division and threats,
Between family members...
Their friends and neighbors.
Seeking to undo truth and kept beliefs.
Beliefs they once knew,
Before lies told and deception became...
An appetizing crave.
Making it okay to defend and excuse,
Their absence of common sense.
Leaving them all,
Enjoying a pointless senselessness.

Getting more entertaining,
Is this mindless addiction...
To accept and perfect,
The destroying of themselves effectively!
With a need to believe,
One race is better than all others.
Rejecting the fact,
Throughout history...
No one survived living dependently.

'Your, prolificness?
I think you mean,
Independently.
You know...
Living INDEPENDENTLY.
As if done away from others?
That would make more sense.'


And...
This recreational destruction,
Seduced without a consciousness.
That has left many high kite flyers,
Prioritizing told lies to fictionalize reality.
Has an outcome,
Looking not too favorable...
For the ones using their balls to kick,
Towards a goal post they keep moving.
That promises to deflate...
Interest in a game they will awaken to realize,
The opposing team...
Already has recognized who has won,
When the powerbrokers...
Begin to approach them.
Seeking substance and assistance.
That has kept the charade of pretensions,
A marketable and lucrative aspect...
Of an ongoing playing of a masquerade.
Even Halloween to trick or treat,
Stops being celebrated...
From 9to5, 24/7 each day of 12 months.
But some folks enjoy their hoodwinked.
You know...
Doopey, Dopey and Derrick!

'You want us to help you do what?'
Keep up appearances.
What appearances?'

'You know...
Us as the main image of democracy!'

'Is that what this...
Recreational destruction all about?'

'Reluctantly admitted...
Yes!'

'Do you know how childish,
Your point of view of life has been?
You...
And your deluded beliefs,
Has destroyed a democracy to have known it.
And all values of a way of life diversified.
Because of your fear,
Of losing an image in the appearance of it?'

'Uh...
Yes!'

'Do you realize how crazy and insane that is?
What color are the free entitlements you get?
Who controls the media?
And who is hired or fired,
From any job more qualified...
By those deciding with less credentials?
And who is it that pays your salary?'

'The...
People?'

'And who do you think we are?
Animated ignored supporting chop liver?'

'You people are so funny.'

'Well...
Keep laughing.
At 'your' ignorant expense!'

'But...
What about the deal we just made?'

'What deal?'

'About keeping up with appearances.
And image!'

'That image you have created,
Had not been on our agenda to destroy.
You appeared,
With that to choose to do yourselves.
Did you not?'

'Stop it.
Stop being so honest.'

'Painful is the truth.
Isn't it?
And at no time,
Did I mention...
The teaching of a Critical Race Theory,
To your children.'

'What has race got to do with anything?'

'Well...
It was not me but you,
Seeking to keep up...
Appearances of an image you created!
And historically for years,
That deception to invent...
Has been at my expense.
Felt to feel and be made aware of it,
To know this to be real...
Personally!'

'And who on Earth is Derrick?'

'Derrick?
There you go.
Trying to change the subject.
Everytime the truth,
Begins to smooth a rocky road...
You want to introduce,
Somebody obviously of ethnic origin...
To accuse of being the culprit.
This game you play has played out!'

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Submitted by lpahtillah on November 14, 2021

Modified by lpahtillah on November 15, 2021

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Words 758
Stanzas 25
Stanza Lengths 5, 14, 9, 7, 25, 3, 2, 2, 2, 8, 2, 7, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 1, 10, 1, 9

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