AFTER SHOCK
Post fraud,
scandals,
and greed,
where will we go
and who will lead
When what is truth
is a topic discussed,
the brink of ruin
is an edge
that’s brushed
If the unbelievable
is reasonable and frequent,
discussions default
to links delinquent
Mistrust is impulse
for grifters it assists,
as counterfeit hints
help pillagers persist
Spilled thoughts
spark drama in estates,
by careless charges
spewed steady
to bait
Cues press clans
to push back,
urging gossip
with no appetite
for the facts
Conjured incidents
grip cycles and pages,
selling a circus
to distract
from stale wages
Thresholds devolve
with traditions burned,
raising tensions
from what a clown discerns
This era will
be remembered
by its dusk;
a passing darkness
in the shadows
of trust
We give, they take
in the shelling
of our spirit-
after shock
when the vulnerable
will feel it