fear and consumption

We contemplated vast
silent emptiness on 9.11

“No language, no culture,”
Ahmed sang sitting on Sahara dunes
shooting stars played celestial tag

Strange but true elements of fear,
double edged messages, disinformation,
misinformation, bias, lies,
half-truths, whispers, paranoia,
irrational transmissions were issued
by government authorities
in every language on a spinning blue space marble

Human brains overflowed with data

Therapies in triplicate,
were issued to the populace.

Their remote control device was broken,
Too many channels.

Instant replay seared their consciousness
forever and ever and ever down all the daze

We meditated as peaceful people chewed,
swallowed and digested daily distributed
high concentrated dosage of wisdom,
clarity and insight

Distance, health, balance,
harmony, forgiveness, peace of spiriti sanctus

Scholars educated at the finest
universities and institutes of erudite
study started speaking
Latin
telling stories
about the rise and fall of civilizations

Oral stories written before their time
with hieroglyphics and cave pain paintings

Caves were full of survivors
Candles sales were brisk
“A tisket, a tasket, we need a casket,”
sang multi-lingual refugee children

Historians, political scientists,
talk show experts, taxi drivers,
fortune tellers, beauticians and morticians
took calls on their hot line

The number of callers increased exponentially
Suicide search and rescue teams were put on alert

Citizens packed hospital emergency rooms,
Medical schools increased graduation classes
to meet growing manufactured need as
demand outstripped the supply of fear and consumption

“What happens when they run
out of (in)security control programs?”
a child asked their mother

She was the mother of all answers