and how vibrantly it still survives!
powerful, not by its own devices
but by those who keep it alive
though the tragedy is not that manipulation lives
but that it believes itself a winning card
or maybe those who manipulate
believe themselves the winners
the scorers, the smart
insults to the intelligence
i don't appreciate them
i don't receive
i don't indulge
i don't oblige
instead
without a moment's pause
without a second thought
i discard
