Moe Shapiro

CONSPIROBSCENE

conspiracy theories may be insane

but conspiracy theories maybe explain

that conspiracy theories maybe exist

because they're not theories but active practice

going on right behind all those theories to blind

making sure you don't see what you're not to believe

don’t shout who killed the Kennedys

because it was not you and it was not me

it wasn’t Mick Jagger, the KGB

or Lucifer or the devil makes three

it was fear, it was hatred and greediness

it was all the dis-ease with that givingness

with the love and the freedom

and the sharing of wealth

with the ease we feel lying, all warm in our beds

with an old lover snoring beside us and, yes

with the ease we feel breathing in scents of a cedar

or when it’s so quiet we can’t even break up

the silence with thoughts of all our mistakes

with the ease that the fear and the hatred and greed

can never achieve, what can it achieve?

just unsteady control, an illusive security

in a faltering power that stands in for eternity

conspiracy theories may be insane

but conspiracy theories maybe explain

that conspiracy theories maybe exist

because they're not theories but active practice

going on right behind all those theories to blind

making sure you don't see what you're not to believe

people who believe that NASA is hiding the flatness of the Earth

can’t believe that Republicans conspire to suppress the black vote

people who believe that COVID-19 is just a media hoax

can’t believe that crazy Christians sabotage public education

people who believe that Denver’s airport is really headquarters for ET lizard lord's Illuminati

can’t believe that a military-industrial complex drives US foreign policy

conspiracy theories may be insane

but conspiracy theories maybe explain

that conspiracy theories maybe exist

because they're not theories but active practice

going on right behind all those theories to blind

making sure you don't see what you're not to believe

don’t believe me, it’ll just make you mad

or so scared that you'll just soil your underpants

better by far to just do that ostrich

put your head in the sand, escape to some dream

far far better than this nightmare reality

pretend that everything’s okay

pretend you don’t hear the whistling of bombs

pretend there’s no big bark dog with its big bad bite

no cats in the kitchen, not playing with mice

no nursery rhymes, no mournful howls

no reason to rock this boat

conspiracy theories may be insane

but conspiracy theories maybe explain

that conspiracy theories maybe exist

because they're not theories but active practice

going on right behind all those theories to blind

making sure you don't see what you're not to believe

but if you should see what you're not to believe

just keep your mouth closed and try to behave

because no one who counts cares for you and your life

because nothing you do won't just cause you more strife

at least that's what the theorists would have you believe

they know should you start practicing they'd get the heave

so remember as you take your very last breath

someone made a good living preparing your death

conspiracy theories may be insane

but conspiracy theories maybe explain

that conspiracy theories maybe exist

because they're not theories but active practice

going on right behind all those theories to blind

making sure you don't see what you're not to believe