Now that the Revolution Has Begun

by Craig Shay

Material things
lose
definition –

Our eyes,
indefinitely hold
back
fear and trembling –

Bludgeoned
into assimilating
with consumer
culture –
though disinterested in the
charade of
selling one’s soul
for wireless, high speed
illusions –

While the promise
of enterprise
mystifies us
and forces
participating
in the madness
of serial murder.

It is belief in
the fraud
of these illusions
which destroy us –

We live in an age
where everything
we know
is a blatant lie.