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In the distant future<\/strong>
\nBut not too distant<\/strong>
\nMan fashions<\/strong>
\nA machine<\/strong>
\nThat does every thing<\/strong>
\nFor us<\/strong>
\nFor the trees<\/strong>
\nImperceptible<\/strong>
\nTo awe but sum<\/strong>
\nLiving in passed tense<\/strong>
\nEternal re-pose<\/strong>
\nHolding sway<\/strong>
\nIn make believe lives <\/strong>
\nAnd unexamined lies<\/strong>
\nSo bold over<\/strong>
\nWeather manner machine<\/strong>
\nCompanied buy nerves of steel<\/strong>
\nNo more tempting stripped ease<\/strong>
\nFore incalculable futures<\/strong>
\nRe-buffed completely<\/strong>
\nIn surging acts of sedation<\/strong>
\nKnot in any weigh<\/strong>
\nQuiet getting<\/strong>
\nWhat<\/strong>
\nWe came for<\/strong>
\nNever more<\/strong>
\nContrived<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem is about the many falsehoods being sold as truth in the marketplace of ease and predictability.\u00a0 Such calculating contrivances pawn the notion that two half-truths are of equal value as a singular truth.\u00a0 While many such a fool’s formula are accompanied by beguiling animations, the lively hood they occupy is a barren busyness.\u00a0 Life is not a package deal that can be souled by gimmicks and machinations, no matter how inventive.\u00a0 There is no technology that can substitute for the disciplines of the heart.\u00a0 There is no security system that can\u00a0supplant the the counsel of courage.\u00a0 There are no makeshift maneuvers that can unseat sacrifice.\u00a0 There is no peril that does not shrink before wisdom.\u00a0 There is no coercion that can do a way with liberty.\u00a0 There is no worldly power or unequaled minions that can equal trust.\u00a0 There is no status or celebrity that is the match of intimacy.\u00a0 There is no brand identity, fan club or religion that can replace true solidarity.\u00a0 There is no ploy that can stand-in for play.\u00a0 There is no narcotic that can super seed hope and dreams.\u00a0 There is no outsourcing of accountability.\u00a0 Reality will have its weigh with you. We must throw our counterfeits into the forge of Mordor, as the hollowed ring of power leads us to false thresholds, revolving adores that steer us to idol pastures and perpetual cowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the distant future But not too distant Man fashions A machine That does every thing For us For the trees Imperceptible To awe but sum Living in passed tense Eternal re-pose Holding sway In make believe lives And unexamined … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[251,294,236,573,161,198,538,393,635,431,388,578,565,359,418,594,110,601,83,333,659,279,531,406,484,464,421,389],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-accountability","tag-awe","tag-busyness","tag-celebrity","tag-coercion","tag-courage","tag-dream","tag-dreams","tag-future","tag-heart","tag-hope","tag-identity","tag-intimacy","tag-life","tag-market","tag-play","tag-power","tag-reality","tag-religion","tag-sacrifice","tag-security","tag-solidarity","tag-soul","tag-status","tag-technology","tag-trust","tag-truth","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Nevermore Contrived | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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