Pssst…..

Pssssst.......you're falling right into the trap

     Your tears of.   J o y
               Dancing.   In   S t r e e t s
         
          Your perceived high. In tell i gence
               You.  Are. Clamoring. Inside the ploy
                    You are Meat for the feast 
You dangle

          From the Chain of a stopwatch

                  Toc tic tocking down
 
                      The Game.  Has just begun
                           You failed the test
                   With every attack and fact
                                                             Checked

The beast grows larger and swallows you
     
                       There are no winners
                                   InDigNations fate is spinning
         
                And you are trapped in the vortex
                       Of Assimilation at astounding rate

            The rage will bleed     From 
                  Self proclaimed Victims

And the Agitaters 
      Will do what they have always done

          Incite the Masses
                  Who cry.   Tears.   Of.  Joy.  Now

      
               Tears of terror and hatred later

As the beast they feed within themselves
         Turns its ugly head
                As the red hand rises
                     And the fist attempts to strangle

What's left

      Of an Organic.   Human.  heartbeat

And You

            Danced in the streets 
                Believing you defeated the beast

But the Mirror
                   Of th I
                        Is terrifying

When you finally look inside 

Charleen Johnston 11-8-20