Does anyone remember the crucifixion of Michael Jackson in the court of public opinion, as hosted by the mass-media? I certainly do. The treatment of Lance Armstrong strikes me the same way, I see hidden agendas in many elements of this matter, and feel sorely troubled.\u00a0 These troubling thoughts prompted this free-form verse – however, many elements are applicable to anyone who realizes we\u2019re manipulated daily by masters in deception\u2019s art \u2013 the mass-media.<\/p>\n
Pardon it’s raw nature, or not – I don’t care.\u00a0 {Yes, I do – or I wouldn’t hurt myself, and trouble you.}<\/p>\n
Without further ado, here is another strange, rambling poem \/ song. Composed to the silent sounds of Pink Floyd in my memory.<\/p>\n
Why strip the wings<\/em> Does anyone remember the crucifixion of Michael Jackson in the court of public opinion, as hosted by the mass-media? I certainly do. The treatment of Lance Armstrong strikes me the same way, I see hidden agendas in many elements of this matter, and feel sorely troubled.\u00a0 These troubling thoughts prompted this free-form verse – however, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFrom those who cannot fly<\/em>
\n Show us something more<\/em>
\n Than this unreal dream<\/em>
\n Not true reality<\/em>
\n Not the place I want to be<\/em>
\n This false reality.<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Snap a picture of a scowling face<\/em>
\n And splash it all over the place<\/em>
\n That man\u2019s clearly insane<\/em>
\n He\u2019ll do anything for gain<\/em>
\n Least, that\u2019s what the mass-media<\/em>
\n Tells us, and tells us,<\/em>
\n and tells us, again<\/em>
\n no care they show,<\/em>
\n for another\u2019s pain<\/em>
\n in current reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n We wonder if it\u2019s fair<\/em>
\n Does the world not care.<\/em>
\n The world we live<\/em>
\n Is not a dream<\/em>
\n But it\u2019s not real<\/em>
\n Everyday<\/em>
\n someone tears our dreams away<\/em>
\n rips and shreds<\/em>
\n Our fragile reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n The mass-media lies<\/em>
\n The truth they easily hide<\/em>
\n With deception far and wide<\/em>
\n Scowling pictures make the man<\/em>
\n Into a monster true<\/em>
\n Sending texts to me and you<\/em>
\n Their lies never cost our trust<\/em>
\n In their old reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Social media might be the way<\/em>
\n uncover all the old way\u2019s lies,<\/em>
\n there is no agenda here<\/em>
\n one day the truth might be<\/em>
\n Everyone\u2019s reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Social media lights the way<\/em>
\n Throw the newspaper away<\/em>
\n It has no place with me,<\/em>
\n In my new reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Rip off my crown<\/em>
\n Tear me down<\/em>
\n Throw me to the ground<\/em>
\n It\u2019s where I want to be<\/em>
\n Thrown from your reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Come take me by the hand<\/em>
\n Lead me to a better land<\/em>
\n A place where people care<\/em>
\n Where no one stares<\/em>
\n Where they see me<\/em>
\n as who I strive to be<\/em>
\n Not what the mass-media makes of me<\/em>
\n In their old reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Discredit me<\/em>
\n When I don\u2019t do what you<\/em>
\n Want me to<\/em>
\n Look in the mirror<\/em>
\n Before you cast that stone<\/em>
\n For it, you will atone<\/em>
\n In the new reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n We can\u2019t let him win<\/em>
\n No no, not again<\/em>
\n Someone stole my life away<\/em>
\n I woke up one day<\/em>
\n To find it ripped away<\/em>
\n But I don\u2019t know why.<\/em>
\n Or which reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n I woke up again today,<\/em>
\n this nightmare, still in play<\/em>
\n found my titles stripped away,<\/em>
\n I never rode those rides<\/em>
\n It was the drugs that did,<\/em>
\n Least that\u2019s what they said<\/em>
\n Does that make those years<\/em>
\n disappear\u2026<\/em>
\n vanish into smoke,<\/em>
\n in a haze of dope.<\/em>
\n Is what they say the truth,<\/em>
\n No, not to me<\/em>
\n Their undone tests and proofs<\/em>
\n Don\u2019t show the real truth,<\/em>
\n least not in my heart.<\/em>
\n Not, in a fair reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Rehashed tests and<\/em>
\n Contrived lies that seem true<\/em>
\n Don\u2019t that make my climb<\/em>
\n into the saddle<\/em>
\n A lie\u2026<\/em>
\n Not in my eye.<\/em>
\n Not, in my reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n I never rode those hills,<\/em>
\n There were no ups and downs,<\/em>
\n All I did was lie, and steal<\/em>
\n Least that is the way,<\/em>
\n They\u2019d have you think of me.<\/em>
\n So believe them or me,<\/em>
\n That choice is up to you,<\/em>
\n This is your reality<\/em>
\n ~<\/em>
\n Ends come, and I go<\/em>
\n my life, is finally my own<\/em>
\n Cause I\u2019m a self-made man<\/em>
\n at the race\u2019s end,<\/em>
\n My conscience, is clean.<\/em>
\n I\u2019m who and\u2026 as I am.<\/em>
\n In all realities.<\/em>
\n ~<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"