Propaganda

THE LEGEND OF “THEY” IN PROPAGANDA’S SWAY                JUDITH LIGHT 2023 (c)

“Propaganda” dictionary say is “loaded language to produce emotional, rather than rational, response”

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN,

A MOTHER OF MINE INDEED.

WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT INJUSTICE

MANS CRUELTY TO MAN

PERSECUTION AND EXPLOITATION IN TRAVAIL

OF BOTH FEMALE AND MALE

HER FAIRYTALE ASSURANCE   TO ME

 WAS “MY DEAR THEY WOULD NEVER LET THAT BE !”

NOT “GOD” THE one OMNIPOTENT BOUNTIFUL “HE”.

THROUGH LIFE’S JOURNEY ALL GROWN UP

I WORKED IT OUT,  I CAME TO SEE

SHE MEANT OUR LEADERS THE LAW MAKERS,

THOSE POWERFUL MEN AT THE TOP !

LOOKING BACK DOWN HISTORY, SADLY IT CAME TO ME.

SHE WAS FOOLED, THERE  WAS NO SUCH PROTECTION

SHE NEVER SAW THE GAP BETWEEN SAY AND DO.

THER WAS NO INSURANCE, REWARD OR FAIR PAY

AT THE END OF THEIR LONG, HARD,  WEARY  DAY

FOR THEIR LOYAL OBEDIENT SLAVERY

OFFERED UP TO THAT LEGENDARY “THEY”.

MOTHER NEVER LIED BUT SHE ALWAYS QUOTED PROVERBIALLY, LIKE ‘CHEATS NEVER PROSPER’,

“THEY” USED TO SAY ..POETIC LICENCE  HER PROOF

 WHAT IS OFT ENOUGH  REPEATED MUST BE TRUTH !

GOOD AND BAD  RIGHT AND WRONG

COME TO US IN VERSE AND SONG

PRAYERFUL ENLIGHTENMENT CAN SHOW OUR PATH

LANGUAGE DIRECTING, INSPIRING OUR DAY.

BUT BEWARE…

THE VOICE OF PROPAGANDA

ALWAYS WAS, AND STILL IS, EVERYWHERE

TO EXPLOIT OUR INNER GREED DRESS IT UP AS NEED,

EVEN GALLANT COURAGEOS DEED !

TO ANSWER WARS CALL TO DEEDS THAT FEED

OUR EGO’S GREED.

THE EVIL WHISPER OF VESTED INTEREST

OF MONEY’S POWERPLAY

GOBBLES UP OUR WORK, OUR NIGHTS AND DAYS

STEALS OUR SOUL, TWISTS OUR GOAL

OUR WISH TO WIN, TO SAVE THE DAY

TO SEE LIFES PATH SATANS WAY

PROPAGANDA I SEE YOU NOW                                           IN LANGUAGE PRINT, FILM AND TALE

IN PERSONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SALE

COMING FROM SEEMING GOOD AND WISE

IN EVERYTHING YOU ADVERTISE.

IN GOVERNMENT LAWS IN POLITICS CAUSE.

(THERE ONCE WAS A “LAW” .. TRUTH  IN ADVERTISING,

ANYONE HERE OLD ENOUGH TO RECALL

THAT COMMITMENT BY ALL ??)

YOU HAVE LIED TO ME AND MINE

GENERATION PAST AND NOW ON LINE

PROPAGANDA BAITS THE HOOK 

WHO IS FISHING, MAKING THE CATCH ?

THAT’S THE “THEY” OF TODAY

AI SNEAKING IN, DISGUISING SIN,OVERTAKING CONSCIENCE WITH DERISIVE GRINEMBRACING THE SUCKER, THE FOOL WITHIN.

89 YEARS OLD NOW..I LOOK A LONG WAY BACK,

THROUGH CHILHOOD’S WARTIME NIGHTMARES

OF “YELLOW PERIL” THE “JAPS” WERE COMING

TO TORTURE AND KILL ME.. PERSONALLY!

RESOLVED AS INNOCENT LOVELY LADS FROM UNIVERSITY BEING HOME STAY MOTHERED BY ME

IRONICALLY QUESTIONING  WHAT WAR COULD EVER HAVE THREATENED ME?

ALL THAT IDENTIFICATION OF A LESS THAN HUMAN ENEMY THE HATE QAND FEAR AND GLORIFICATION

OF THE COURAGE AND SKILL, IT TOOK TO KILL !

NOW I SEE YOUR DIRTY TRACK TOO LATE                      TO CLEANSE MY MORAL SLATE..                 

WHAT CAN I SAY TO ST PETER AT THE GOLDEN GATE ?

JUST A HUMBLE… ‘SORRY MATE’

I COULDN’T SEE THE PROPAGANDA

THAT INFLUENCED AND COURTED ME  

AND I SO FEAR THE TRUTH COULD BE…

MAYBE I WANTED IT TO BE TRUE??

THE FIGHT FOR TRUTH IS HARD TO DO

TO GO AGAISNT THE MOB

THE NORMAL, THE ‘EVERYONE’,

EVERYONE WANTS TO BE

PROPAGANDA ACE IN ITS PACK OF LIES AND ILLUSION

LEADS TO TERMINAL CONFUSION

WAS I A GOOD MOTHER?

RASING MY FIVE GIRLS?

TODAY’S PROPAGANDA SAYS

A MOTHER’S PLACE IS IN THE WRONG

RIDICULED HER MOTHER SAY-

DON’T DRINK, SMOKE, EAT THAT WAY

DON’T GIVE YOUR PRECIOUS BODY AWAY

“FUN SPOLER” THEY SAY WOWSER

WHAT WOULD SHE KNOW ANYWAY

TAKE THAT NANNY SHIT AWAY.

MUM, THE WAR AGAINST THEIR SALESMANSHIP

THEIR PROPAGANA…      I AM LOSING IT !