A brief encounter with reality after watching that film and the subsequent film from 1974 with Gene Hackman

it kind of sounds like madness to the

ordinary man in the street

but then I got to thinking

who is he

its a feat

that might be really hard to find

for these days

what we see

are entities

created by

abnormality

control

minds, being twisted

by gadgetry abroad

unknowing of the psyche

the searing burning sword

that comes to take out innocence

that tears into the soul

that violates the luminary

that took the higher role

devices map existence

create miasmic sites

and terrible instability

a neurosis, that bites

creates so many phobias

frustrates those of us who

feel the persecution

the furore of the few

the phone call

with subliminal threats

that circumvent your brain

thats when the frantic side of life

becomes kind of a stain

on what was your reality

nonconforming seemingly

led you away from what was considered

base normality

you are owned

the backdoor opened

the tactical create

surveillance on a scale

and this came from

the state

yes you are in  a turmoil

and passively you try

you are seen as somewhat complex

to the many passers by

the oracle has spoken

the mindfulness is there

the seriousness

the wordplay

the evil

the despair

evokes in you a yearning

for the quiet life

you once knew

before the generation

of machines

created you

its seems absurd

to recollect

how times have changed

and you

how you have changed

are more deranged

by what they are trying to do

inside yourself

the futility

the ineptitude thats there

what do you do thats

so different

why would they want to

scare

you

what is it all about

its a fatuous ideal

its a tyranny in point of fact

but of course the threat

is real

and of course we all

are vulnerable

whatever our crusade

the frighteners can be applied

on us they can be laid

no one is above the law

except them let us say

for what they do to

all of us

they don’t appear to pay

to have wise understanding

and reflect those times gone passed

to have reached some true

enlightenment

and received a simple blast

that recreates your image

that changes you but they

are unaware of how you’ve changed

which frustrates I have to say

the complexity of just living

in a world

that took control

machinery now rules

this world

they tinker with our soul

they programme us

and they search through

the dark cavities of our minds

they seem to need  the where for all

to kind of pull our blinds

when we ourselves don’t realise

how that gets us down

the secrecy is out there

as is the masked up clown

his silence is our enemy

he  delves into our mind

with the WIFI and the various bots

his systems so unwind

everything that we believed

was possible

and we

are truthfully taken apart

piece by piece

regrettably

and thus become lost souls

out on their street

their place, their town

manipulation is taking place

and in it all

we  drown

gasping for that sweet air

grappling for a way

to save ourselves from

losing it

and being made to pay