the efficaciousness of the media
a modern day ballyhoo
preaches prevarication
to a congregation
of fictile sheep
this semantics of salesmanship
is newspeak defined
advocacy masked
rumor paints a scapegoat
with the brush of psychological warfare
october’s tricks
seek to dupe november
with messianic promise
as a distressed populace
pray for a miracle
a facade that deludes
wears yet the domino of pretext
cloaked in political mythology
pernicious propaganda prevails
disinformation wins out
or will it …
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