MANIPULATORS

are in constant motion –    

discontent with matters

the way they have become;

they must alter current stuff.

Their aim is not, to change

the chaos into order,

repair the broken –

mend the torn or beautify

the average or ugly:

Their goal is to render words,

change, remodel sentences

and tailor facts to their gain,

rearrange whatever is tidy -

twist the straight, unravel

the authentic and

composed – and plot

without a story.

Their trademark is to reinvent

a situation, an opinion –

not in the light of progress but

for self-esteem, to restore and

rule and charge their world

of make-believe.

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