How It Happens

You spend a few decades dumbing the masses down 

with commercialism, hi-tech, special effects and wishful thinking 

and we the people, the government, will choose representation 

that best reflects our ignorance.

Stupid By Choice

(haiku)

Stupid is like snow

balls rolling down steep inclines

gaining momentum.

My only real hope.

Stupid doesn't become crazy

as it gathers speed.

But that's stupid too

because stupid is crazy

when it need not be.

Real Politics 

(haiku)

The biggest error

is assuming The People

are intelligent.

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Say something stupid

and you'll gain a multitude

almost overnight

but say something smart

and people will think you are

utterly crazy.

Haiku

I hear syllables.

Words broken down in segments

that fit my world view.

Three and four are best.

Five or more present problems.

One and two are free.

If it can't be said

in seventeen syllables

it's not worth saying.

Never Insane Enough

It's never insane enough

we need more phones

we need more drones

cuz it's never insane enough.

It's never insane enough

we need more dopes 

and a lot less hope

cuz it's never insane enough.

In Profit We Trust 

(haiku)

It rules the whole world.

A force to be reckoned with.

It's name is Fascism.

*

It fools everyone.

It looks like our only hope.

It rewards a few.

*

It slides like a snake.
It devours like a disease.

It shows no mercy.

*

Mussolini's dream.

A corporate government

where profit is god.

Misc. Haiku

I think I matter

if mattering is something

that really matters.

*

These are lying times.

Lies have become the ticket

to all locations.

*

If you lie to me
I will in turn lie to you.
Soon there is no truth.

*

If we're progressing
and you hinder this progress,
you are the problem.

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Better them than me

is all a person can say

in this brave new world.