Bush Did 9/11
Around the time this went up, I met a man who had been in prison during 9/11, where he became very interested in conspiracy theories regarding the destruction of the World Trade Center Building I and II. He also believed that major world powers (China, Brazil, India) had weapons pointed at American jails. Make of that what you will.
The dystopian they of dark hallways,
shadowed mercenaries, cold suits
and earpieces
follows, nagging, despite the high gaslighting
of a world that screams conspiracy!
at anyone who is afraid--
what is the difference between lizard people
and the CIA?
Someday, I may disappear,
and to know that is to fight with integrity.
We make inventions when we see only visions,
the art of the psychic paranoid,
the way there is sometimes more truth in a metaphor
than a newspaper headline.
What is true, and what is truer?
There are prisons, and graveyards, full of people
who would at least agree on one thing:
it’s not for no reason.
shadowed mercenaries, cold suits
and earpieces
follows, nagging, despite the high gaslighting
of a world that screams conspiracy!
at anyone who is afraid--
what is the difference between lizard people
and the CIA?
Someday, I may disappear,
and to know that is to fight with integrity.
We make inventions when we see only visions,
the art of the psychic paranoid,
the way there is sometimes more truth in a metaphor
than a newspaper headline.
What is true, and what is truer?
There are prisons, and graveyards, full of people
who would at least agree on one thing:
it’s not for no reason.
Samantha Geovjian Clarke is a poet and podcaster from Portland, Oregon. You can buy her latest poetry book, War Dreams, on Amazon, and you can find her podcast Dirty Pinko Commie on iTunes and all the other usual podcast-y places! Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.