They are not fooled
because they lack intelligence.
They are not fooled
because they lack information.
They are fooled
because they lack imagination.
It seems incongruous,I know
That those so
easily fooled by conspiracy theories
stay seated among its mythology
without questions.
No hands raised to learn more.
No efforts made to discover
if the storied message
could actually be other
than what they are told.
Such power games are very old.
Conspiracy theories require
nothing more than dull acceptance
to feed damaged egos on fire
while living half-lives
which must be fueled by ire;
lulled by lives so dull
they cannot imagine why.
They are too eager to create
false safe-spaces
to guard what life they have left;
where little is required
of those half-alive,
except blind acceptance
of the true thieves
who stole their missing half
long ago.
Now, blaming others.
They have no imagination
left.
