The Cloaked Deception #1733

The Cloaked Deception In the guise of truth, advertising cloaks, Pushing genuine truth to background smokes. Stripped bare, truth roams exposed and frail, No pockets to hide, on streets it wails. Truth, vulnerable, in the open it stands, With nowhere to hide, no safe, secret lands. News takes its place, the truth’s new guise, Advertisements wed, in deceit they rise. A prophet and king, allies in might, Chaos ensues, a troubling sight. Media and ads, in tangled embrace, Leaving truth powerless, a lost, forlorn face. People on streets, struggling and torn, While truth, discarded, in trash is forlorn. Known to many, yet silenced and hushed, In the noise of deception, truth is crushed. -Steven G. Lee (June 9, 2024)