piercing my right eye from within daggers, sharpened with blame fly true through the blue into faces of lying dry-cleaned faces puffed and crimson spittle gathering hate speech teachings reaching beaches far from informed shores – new ***** blesses the young shoveling modified nutrients smiles beam glistening sweat runs internal furnace matching warm glow of planned dumbing-down vaccination zombie mercury poisoned baby rocks silently – embryonic images in laboratory dishes sample size offering a slight variance right-wing politicians eagerly await the first course stem-cell soufflé desperation sets in as reality takes hold the shift already happened – glancing at a dime-store wristwatch plotting an afternoon of debauchery slowing pulling off the square admiring the show -