The Silhouettes of Marionettes

Everyone take your seats,
The shows about to begin.
No cameras or recording devices,
Let the houselights dim.

The stage is set, actors ready,
A momentary reprise.
All is quiet. eyes are focused,
Let the curtains rise.

Our story opens in a place,
Familiar to most our friends.
It's a solemn, regal space,
In the year 2010.

People have gathered in a room,
To watch a puppet show.
It's a common town hall affair,
That all good citizens know.

The puppets soon come to life,
With all the smiles they bring,
Those gathered forget all their strife,
And ignore their obvious strings.

Limply bouncing, loose arms swing,
The marionettes comically play.
They throw fake hats in political rings,
Spoken talents on display.

When the puppet show is over,
The audience stands and cheers.
Several members make their way over,
To congratulate their peers.

No one seems to notice,
Those gathered too have strings.
They disappear and loose their focus,
As if supported by little wings.

The moral of the puppet show,
Was never really debated.
It suggested most men were weak,
And easily manipulated.

The audience soon realizes,
What they have just seen,
A dramatic and comical satire,
Of a typical political scene.

Those gathered have been fooled in thinking,
That their opinions really matter.
What seems to mean the most to them,
Gets lost in all the chatter.

It's a show in a show,
Where audiences are actors.
Look behind and you may find,
Hidden controlling factors.

The irony of hypocrisy,
Is politians don't really care.
They're tendency toward deceit and greed,
Exceeds their social flair.

We are all influenced by,
Those we elect to share,
The moral views and attitudes,
That we so boldly wear.

Unfortunately the majority,
Of those that we elect.
Rarely meet the conformity,
Of the righteous and select.

We're all living puppets,
With strings upon our backs.
Barely visible little wires,
Strategically attached.

Bureaucratic political pawns,
Iraq and Gulf conned vets.
Statistics officials rely upon,
Silhouettes of marionettes.




Copyright © February 2010
Kevin Mooney

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