substantially thicker
media outlets slather
drivel
set to the top 40 hits of the day
over all propaganda
creating a sea of dis or misinformation
rising to just about the knee
forcing the masses to wade through
thick, dark, stinking lies –
perpetrators pretend to punish
philanthropists
in the public square
spouting insults such as
socialist
communist
or worst of all
constitutionalist
undeterred, many once manipulated
stand together
arm in arm
singing songs 65 years old
still under the yoke
of peaceful demonstration –
bent backs of immigrant workers
support affluent Caucasians
simply by being the focal point
of hate
these same well-off pale faces
place enormous strain
on said backs
while digging toes in deeper
stretching to the heavens
for that perfect corporate job –
lasting impressions of mutated idealism
sit battered on a polluted shoreline
tumbling until rounded
shining through the mundane
like a agate
on a black sand beach –