Not an act

This is not an act

this is not a casted scripted pretense

this is not a rouse

to make you think you belong

…or not belong

this is not performance

nor is this a life

is this empathy

pathetic in it’s aims?

A disgraceful shameless state

honesty is made into illusion

for you a crutch to lean on

as we brainwash ourselves

that we’re not brainwashed...