Believe the Hype

Once upon a time
in a place right here
those of us
of a spectator bent
viewed modern politics
as strictly an entertainment
event... 

A veritable Roman Circus
complete with bad ass
gladiator wanna be freaks
using word swords of sharp positions
to verbally bludgeon the opposition...

We'd run to social media daily
to participate in the spectacle
by posting our two cents
in pointless circular arguments...

It was all good time devouring fun...

Few of us took any of this hyperbole seriously...

Until...

Clever jesters not so innocent
began taking advantage
of our consequence indifference...

Til all the freedoms
we had taken for granted
were now slayed victims
of the scorched earth retribution
they had angrily pledged to enact
if they managed to con enough pilgrims
to put their jaded asses back in charge...

Those of us naive
institution believing dupes
who believed
we had no skin in this game
are now learning the hard truth
that pay back is a bitch
and history is replete
with sad tales of the corpses
who refused to LISTEN