A world turned upside down

Tries to sell us illusions

Painting hatred as virtue

And abuse as freedom

We sail upon the clouds

In a reversal of earth and sky

But we are rudderless

Lost

In a sea of lies

And still those carnival barkers

Sell their illusions:

Persecution as progress

And violence as honor

Without any challenge

To the world they create

Without any salvation

For the world they destroy – Caroline A. Slee