Months Later

1 I’ve kept that bloody, 
2 long-eared hare alive 
3 to destroy illusion 
4 and recreate semblance;
5 listening to you retell the story
6 like I wasn’t there,
7 your buckeyed lies 
8 keep that rabbit alive.
9 The truth is advertised.
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11 You resell a broken off reality 
12 that occupies your mind; 
13 the product of power 
14 is always propaganda.

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