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Orange glass [1]
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Date: 2025-04-07
the rose-colored glasses are out of style.
the lenses, dusty—
now they burn orange.
the man, so old and musty,
leads them on,
lie by lie.
never once do they ask him why.
he laughs.
he shouts.
the orange man smiles wry.
up the slope, so ignorant and proud,
his family climbs, loud and high.
they cheer.
they yelp.
even as they sacrifice what's left of themselves.
some people try to help.
but the glasses—
they show only that hue.
it shields the truth
from anyone who might see themselves.
closer to the top,
the pace grows stronger.
the world slows,
and still they follow.
he guides them to the crest—
and so they
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the orange might laughs.
he never did cared.
he got what he wanted,
sits now on his bloody chair,
built from backs that bore him there.
and when the Piper came for share,
he gave his closest without regret.
to him, it didn’t matter.
he was still there.
and so it ends,
without a fight.
the stupid fucking followers
walked themselves into the night.
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