The Fabrication of Current Events

by Heath Brougher / August 25th, 2019

Do not kill the messenger, rather
beware the messenger
for the information
they bring
is likely
nothing but deceit
is likely
deliberately misleading
is likely
sent from high
to keep the populace
fighting with
each other
over pointless
differences
while they
keep their toxic
corruptions flowing
so they
can keep
getting away
with murder.

Heath Brougher is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Mist Press. He was the recipient of the 2018 Poet of the Year Award and is a multiple Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. He has authored twelve books, the most recent of which is Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy (Sandy Press, 2024). Read other articles by Heath.

This article was posted on Sunday, August 25th, 2019 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.