Sudsy Opus

Pick your soap opera

The scripted ones

That run an hour

A day, five days a week

Or

The unscripted one

Or perhaps

The highly detailed script

Covered 24 / 7 with

“The Affair” types of angles

Regurgitated and repeated

Convincing each

Their own audience

What they

Already believe

Regardless of “facts”

Utilizing

Purposeful omissions

Ominous opinions

Exaggerated exculpations

Fraught with

Fear and forboding

Deception and misdirection

Screaming sycophants

Political pontifications

Tumultuous talking heads

Diabolical dastardly defenders

So that

Smugly

Each can “feel”

Righteous enough

Not to

Discuss

Converse

Dialogue

Share

Emote

Relate

Identify

Or

Understand

Their

Counterbalance

The Yang

To their Yin

The loud

To their quiet

The rest

To their motion

The chocolate

To their peanut butter

So that

Both may evolve

Into

The unified one

They’ve been before

And

Will

Again

Regardless of the

Aeons of time

This “season”

Seems to be taking

Hoping the

Next episode

Is free of

Sponsors and

Redundant consumerism

Free of

Racism

Religion

Hunger

Hate

War

Wretchedness

Filling it with

Love

Peace

Sharing

Cooperation

Kindness

Plenty

Understanding

Consciousness

Soul

Heart

Compassion