waking in the center of The Dark Triad
by Hokis, Senior Editor
in grief, we rebel against oursouls
towards the Narcissist’s obtuse angle.
we lite the gas stove. invite the dark
to our Thanksgiving table, and
offer him a crown. he accepts willingly,
tempting his con of dying on the rearward cross
for our meager sin.
*
in our serotonin-rich slumber, we integrate
past and present, reorganize truths –
as the myelin sheath of each side of His
unproven right triangle seals shut.
the agentic state of our dreamy cult-mind bakes
in the hot, dry, desert sun.
*
numbed, we adjust our eyes to the blindkindness
open all bolted doors.
The Dark Triad with a(d)Version enters.
*
after the quenchstorming, we wake soaking in truth;
we have become the axis of evil that knocked loose
the Machiavellian marbles of our former Vice.
His Psychopathy-packed PATRIOTic ACTion picked at the scab
of then’s fresh grief, offering
Us the slow drip of today’s red threat scribed in yesterday’s
Milgram mani-
Festo
{REMEMBER we rebel against our grief. we do not walk towards.}
NEVER FORGET:
planes collided, towers fell. surveillance rose
by the very pen of our POTUS’ tender\Barr.
*
in a state of domestic dissonance,
our learnt narcissistic flea-covered marbles
smother the floor.
intoxicated; we trip, stumble, fall into our exhaustion.
BOOM! blinders fall.
this is not a threesome,
rather we are
Master\bating
in the darkness, under the sheets, in
the oval rest-room, filled with our fecal
matter of projected stooled growth.
all the while our crowned Guest-Him-POTUS(’),
the Barr\tender(s), our Master Vice(s)
flash their matching badges in the endless intersections of
The Institutionalized Dark Triad’s center
burning calories on the upthrust.
*
their now heavily-branded society is hungry, again needs feeding.
we may nourish them or
their fearless-form of scarcity.
in not choosing our fa\te\ith
is sealed – be it in hell or heaven.
meager time on earth remains.
*
now the meal is over, the dessert tray is -given
Thanks-, but I no longer eats sweets with a cherry on top.
Dark Triad – Refers to three unusually negative personality traits — narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism existing at a subclinical level in one individual.
Narcissistic Fleas – Narcissistic-like behavior traits displayed by a non-narcissist, generally learned behaviors from having been raised by a narcissist and not knowing what is normal for the situation.
This piece is included in the personal meets political poetic memoir “OnBecoming.” Visit hokis.blog for e-book sampler.
image: Sarolta Ban
Hokis is the Founder and Senior Editor of Headline Poetry and Press. Her published works and Darwinian drafts are found at hokis.blog. You can also find her at hokispoetry on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
