Tell me what you know,
or think you know.
They don’t tell us everything.
Very little really.
When we ask, they send us to their websites
where there’s a scant collection
of stock answers
to what they say are
commonly asked questions.
There’s no real information there.
They manage everything very cleverly,
like magicians with sleight of hand,
misdirection,
outright lies,
as we stand awestruck and Mesmerized
wondering, “How’d they do that?”
They shoot back,
“Magicians never reveal their secrets.”
Their shills shout, “ Bravo!”
Then they’re off to Argentina
to improve global relations
while we’re left foundering,
idly, under water,
because the dam collapsed.
Freedom, is knowing.
Tell me what you know,
or think you know.