Attitudes

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



Peruse any of many
of the everyday sources

Of the commercial
informational discourses

Serving of interests
for the main steam of society

Stroll down the avenue
of many of our fair cities

be shocked/amazed
at ferocity/depravity/audacity,

And outright brutality
of the dictators of the outer worlds

which of course spin
around the center of life

which is your city right!

What happens there stays there …
who cares? After all, it’s a world away

Not on your life
the information highway we see

Hacked, bypassed adulterated
and bushwhacked

Special interest folks
with interests of another kind

A slight of hand
designed to realign and change

The way, you formulate
your minds view of news

But wait, there’s more
just a bit more of your time

Welcome to the conduit of pimped dreams
There for your immediate consumption

The presumption being you have the means
You’re invited don’t get too excited, yet

Take note “exclusive” limited time only. Show

A chance to set aside your dated views

Expert in collection of data of the lost patriots

In the vous of every parley
a personal view

interjected
reflective of the way

they think

Everyone should be!
shamelessly, without a blink

Parade views
as if everything else is just absurd

Using code words to justify
to magnify moods   

Of guilt, shame, and filth
just to name a few  

A “winner” is defined
as someone who identifies

with what is supposed
to be the accepted way

of a perfect saint.

In ways few of us might find …true
But most of us truly

ain’t

C2


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Written on 2018

Submitted by Charles2 on August 25, 2023

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