Opaque Transparent

 

over twenty years on i recall
the two-thousand-and-one dustified fall
how the janus-faced junta rolled again
their imploding loaded dice..

how the planetary patriot acts slipped in the prescriptive script
privacy sacrificed for their security schtick
while flag-wavers were bizarrely fed
tim osman hated freedom and a way of life..

in 01 i watched slightly more carefree
pondering and musing where this might all lead
then i concluded somewhat naively
we need not worry
for most of us will see through this..

another one for the bees then
rinse and repeat
rinse and repeat
the spell-makers hypnotise with repetition
singsong the ever-simpler fear-porn
to encore again and again
ambiently spewed out through the news and entertainment
witness the most rancid lies redux
floor supposed firmly established foundations
so please stand on your toes
raise your given flag
feel that corporatist sense of belonging
to feel some anthem inside you soaring
sacrifice for strange societies
the slam-dunked moloch-given calling..

deplatformed by the thought-censors
the real hate-crime is they betray us
the spirals circle acquiescent
we stand on the edge of the pit
complying with the final order
we throw our descendants in..

gunk goebbels gibberish we can babel fish
slay the death divinity starfish nobility
their wacky passports and indemnity
another hanged man falls from another collapsing building..

imagine
klaus schwab sings lennon
own nothing and be happy
indebted serfs weave gold for pop culture queens
vicariously dowsing sold rivers of flash frozen dreams
hollyweird actors distract whose schemes
we immerse stupefied in the smart grid
what kind of genius made us this stupid
so where will we be in another twenty years
so testing to examine
so easy to imagine..