Insanitys Serenade

lipstick smeared a silly smile drawn wide those shaky fingers couldn't hold still no matter how hard she tried. the mirror snickered, 'hideous' and looked away how long shall we listen until the sound of words begin to bump up against one another an endless loop, lulls us to sleep meaningless at best when tales begin to sound the same as the one before and they, oblivious or not dumb as a fox, continue retelling the same one story a million different ways how long will this continue over and over and over, is anyone listening does anyone hear or have we succumbed to a sheep like existence, no cares beyond our little space of grass warm barn fresh water, a quick piece of ... while the world is on fire exploding all around, hatred grows and we, the sheeple continue to graze