charading in this parade'n masquerade'n (a tonal drawing written in poetic form

neurotic mirages weaning on reality shows

camouflaging our fears in fantasy flights

of serpentining blights mocking the harkening 

omens of this ancient malady incessantly

progressingly ingurgitationing us all 

charading in this parade’n masquerade’n

(synthesizing a pandemic ambiguationing)

we’re desperately cling’n on 

to just still clinging on

to our syndicating stars masturbating

on stage right here ‘fore our eyes

!!!THESE AINT NO HEROES, YA’LL!!!

they just genuflecting whores 

hyperbolate’n boors 

and syncophanting fidos

still vomiting stale dumbing notions of 

holy manifest destinationing potions

so trying to be hiding the evolutioning

of this bane misanthropic devolutioning

compassion is just virtual pantomime’n

profane’s a celebration of obscene in this

retarding same old limp’n that’s

no longer just lame but a swallow’n

paralysis catalyzing our selfish self-disdain

with this hypnotizing stupefying clamoring

that’s savagely and virally reducing us all  

to run’n on’n’on through long toxic days

into hopeless bouts with sleepless nights 

of ever glooming foreboding forebodings

for tomorrows of hypnotically coffling on 

in the jaws of pixellating moments

dissipating the ingratiating balm

of the sun’s philanthropic light  

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