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Now that our “defunct” space program
Has morphed into the Dark Fleet
Now that the stripes in our skies
Are admittedly composed of chemicals
Now that the Pope
Has been up for arrest
Now that our solar observatories
Were summarily shut down
Now that our “free press” is
No longer free in Antarctica
Now that no private or public American camera
Can legally film outside Earth’s atmosphere
Now that the technology to alter human mood
Is exposed as elementary
Now that our Worldwide Web Masters
Have been convicted of spying
On
Us
Where are those who sniggered
At we “conspiracy theorists”?
Why are they not back here
Apologizing
And
Asking
“What
Else…?”
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The poet/editor of this website is physically disabled, and lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level. Contributions may be made at:https://www.gofundme.com/are-you-a-patron-of-the-arts