that which seems
are appearances
from perceiving or
projecting the world:
the news
the coming election
that caravan..
these paint our canvas
and we..by habit
become the paint..
we are disturbed
as much
seems disturbing:
disturbance adds paint
to our canvas..
the times are cunning
as Shakespeare warns..
might we see through
our deceptive paint...?

("The seeming truth
which cunning times
put on to entrap
the wisest."
William Shakespeare)