{"id":2872,"date":"2019-12-02T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2019-12-02T07:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:30:22","slug":"when-the-social-feeds-begin-to-decay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/02\/when-the-social-feeds-begin-to-decay\/","title":{"rendered":"when the social feeds begin to decay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>machine gun media<br \/>\nthe television is a dying god<br \/>\ngazing through glossed eyes<br \/>\nas truth and lies<br \/>\nseparate the strange boundaries<br \/>\nof inanimate friction<br \/>\nand all around us<br \/>\nbodies float like fruit flies<br \/>\nseeking to advertise and accessorize<br \/>\nas we discard this human disguise<\/p>\n<p>the day of saints has passed<br \/>\nand all around us<br \/>\nmachines dance a damaged detente<br \/>\nas heroes die<br \/>\nonly to be reborn as rusty children<\/p>\n<p>the king is crazy<br \/>\nand the court screams psychotic praise<br \/>\nfor cops that are killers<br \/>\nanticipating another unexpected victim<br \/>\nset ablaze<\/p>\n<p>civilization is bleeding<br \/>\ntempting us with the beauty of collapse<br \/>\nregression<br \/>\nmay be the only<br \/>\nsolution<\/p>\n<p>i heard the warning shot<br \/>\nbefore the masses<br \/>\nexited the mothership<br \/>\nit sounded like democracy<br \/>\nunplanned, as grey green contraband<br \/>\nseeped across the land<\/p>\n<p>loud and uneven<br \/>\ncrying and capitulating<br \/>\nas an ignorant populace submits<br \/>\nto another invented illusion of freedom<br \/>\nhow they scratch and screech<br \/>\nhow they preach redemption<br \/>\nreaching toward a blissful end<\/p>\n<p>following solid tours<br \/>\nin tow with fanatical whores<br \/>\nthere are no more rewards<br \/>\nbecause<br \/>\ntechnology has consumed us<br \/>\nfrightened us<br \/>\nand entombed us<br \/>\nwith artificial thoughts<br \/>\nmeant to rule us<\/p>\n<p>capitalism blows out it\u2019s last breath<br \/>\nin the arms of the great satan<br \/>\nwhat happens when the shit hits the fan?<\/p>\n<p>no more political creatures, please<br \/>\nno more slow moving features, that tease<br \/>\ndisease and unpaid fees<br \/>\nno more zombies<br \/>\nno more greed<br \/>\nfreed<br \/>\nfrom perpetual need<br \/>\nto consume and bleed<\/p>\n<p>how to quiet the crazy<br \/>\nbusted flat<br \/>\none more time<br \/>\none more shot<br \/>\nat youth<br \/>\nspoiled and misguided<br \/>\nonly the morning sun can save us now<\/p>\n<p>enchant and escape<br \/>\nburied beneath temples of discarded trash<br \/>\nnature will reclaim this terrible landscape<br \/>\nwhen the shamans return<br \/>\ncreeping across half shadows<br \/>\nto kill the treacherous<\/p>\n<p>quietly we parade<br \/>\nin cryptic and secret trade<br \/>\nwe will pass the numbers<br \/>\nwe will break the bankers<br \/>\nand exile the politicians<\/p>\n<p>with black mushrooms and yellow guns<br \/>\nwe liberate the witless socialists<br \/>\nfrom their vain and dogmatic slumber<br \/>\nfree markets, free minds<br \/>\nremember the old ways<br \/>\nof strength and peace<br \/>\npride is not hatred<br \/>\nand resistance is not weakness<br \/>\npolitical theater is a cancer<br \/>\ni choose the side of humanity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/396-when-the-social-feeds-begin-to-decay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2874\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/396-when-the-social-feeds-begin-to-decay-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"396-when-the-social-feeds-begin-to-decay\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/396-when-the-social-feeds-begin-to-decay-300x206.jpg 300w, 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