Play Dead said the Devil

One of the most controversial posts I ever made in Facebook, and most shared, in 2020…sparking some terror and fear and angry debate in the comments….trickster heretic poking holes in paradise…. I wonder how many views have changed or deepened with hindsight. Poem avail em along with other heretical expressions in Linguistic Trickster Volume 2, available on Amazon.  

Play dead said the devil, and they did, in fear
They wrapped their face with poisoned lace
And mapped disgrace with leaden tears

Play dead said the devil, and close your eyes
So they stitched their lids and ran and hid
And twitched and cried and begged for light
And ate the lies that they were fed

Play dead said the devil, dressed in Red
Cold and still with broken Will 
And isolate in iron gates and wait until
Fate has made the Devils bait
A foundation for the future of Pills and Kills
And Willing shills who deveState 
And speed the rate of fleshly ills. 

Play dead said the devil and wear your muzzle
The puzzled panic enDemic in this gimmick
DemonAcrobatics thick with automatic tactics
That stick the sickly crowd
 in homogenous tax brackets
 with InTentsive Care packets
That shackle the scared borg factions 
Into complete submission of mind over matter
Of fact-Checkers stuck in the whack Job
Sideshow of undeniable homeWreckers
Who have mediAted crass mind control 
onto The medicated masses, 
RedRose colored Glasses 
tipped in a salute to fascist Masters
Who cash in on disaster like fortunate Forecasters 
that blast programmed hashtags
into the minds of all classes and kinds
Of women and men trapped in the delusions 
Of their own illusive split Ends....

The devil said play dead, and they did. 

CLJ 8-2-20