writing, theory, satire, media,

OR SO YOU BELIEVE

déshabillé
(or so you believe)

whereas I would say
too much is divulged
subtext is showing

paradigm so exposed
to the ruination of your reputation

need a cover up
heads to
spin

though my own stock-
in-trade be
scarcely golden

seems like you may just
have rushed too pre-
cipitously into
some bad
media alchemy

and now
are looking high and low
under every bombed structure
for each
and every collateral

making such a racket to
deflect our eyes
from the hypocrisy

the place
reduced to a desert
carnage
beyond words

sad that what might have
served poetry
bent out of shape to
sustain
the war industry

defend
death’s exceptionally

make the case for a rapture
thing so sickly sweet

will
annihilate the need for
theology
morality, humanity

basic kindness and love
the species professed to hold dear