Wake me up all pretty and neat Just in time to take our seats Pretending to be nothing, not even imagination We blissfully enjoy an overactive stagnation A parade of novelties passes us by Provocative gestures masquerading as lies Let’s play hide and seek while they pause In the space between these words, I’ll bet there’s a cause Hopefully we find some strange familiarity Or at least a lack of sophistication or clarity “Ladies and gentleman!” he says, with notable affliction And we all turn and stare, entranced by the addiction Meanwhile... The computer desk protests munch greedily on their controls And the Hybrid driving pseudos’ snort coal up their nose “Send in the clowns!” he shouts And the lollygags cheer Then the homos and sapiens share in a beer