BIZARRE

BIZARRE

puppet shows
are all the rage

we dance and
dance

but
deep state
billionaires

who is
pulling the strings?

two entirely different species
(if my eyes
do not deceive me)
of dead matter

and me,
despite my poverty,
still battling
to ascend to a
resplendant emptiness

compulsively driven, like
so many above me,
by abject fear
that once I dip
beneath
the surface
will lose everything

and,
in synchrony,
the clustering stars
decide
to give their vote
throw in
their support
for nemesis

turning market
marionettes ghastly
shades of bizarre

their high high realms
of office now
so suddenly
overwhelming underworld
about them