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Con-spiracy

More and more people
these days believe
conspiracy theories
sane minds perceive

as not just unlikely
but so off the wall
such suckers would buy
any rubbish at all –

though why should we waste
our time, to complain
when spell-binding fraudsters
compete to explain

a world with – let’s face it –
neither justice nor sense,
where it’s prudent, but boring,
to sit on the fence

where not just the dumb
but the good and the bold
can be tricked by a trumped-
up tale they’ve been sold?

Still, a problem remains:
those believing such rot
end up expunging
those who do not.

Tom Vaughan

 

If you have any thoughts about this poem,  Tom Vaughan would be pleased to hear them

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