CITIZENS’ CORNER:[Letters to The Editor-POETRY] “Building Backwards”
Building Backwards
Almost everything seemed
devoid of romance
and replaced
with suspicious software.
Hearts diseased from regurgitated
garble,
souls reset with sustainable
lies.
Humans drifting under
a darkened cloud,
anemic to discern malevolence
from good.
Parents programmed
to imperil little ones
at one of the many
test subject spots.
Such was not a new normal
but actually
an updated old one,
programmed in part
by Machiavelli
when inputting
the requirements
of a prince.