They Think He Is Innocent

Because they think

They know “him”

Proof matters not

What counts is

Empathy for one

Who has none

Projections based

On wishful thinking



Only a few can see

Through the stench

Of his wretchedness

Because it is right

Under their noses

Even though the

Authorities have

Been notified

He distracts them

With implausible

Justifications

Which is easier to

Accept, then investigate

After all, he is who he is



Perhaps the above

Applies to 45

But it also applies to

Jeffrey Dahmer or the

Likes of Bernie Madoff

People presenting

A public persona

While demons run amok

In the malignant minds

Of the power hungry

Seeking control

Over others to feed

Insatiable narcissism

Wealth insecurities and

A deep desire to be loved



“Gladwell discusses the first of these social strategies in Chapter Three. (“Talking to Strangers”) “Truth-Default Theory,” or TDT, is a theory developed by psychologist Tim Levine as he sought to understand why humans are bad at identifying deception.

Through a series of experiments that tasked participants with determining whether a stranger was lying or telling the truth, Levine discovered that humanity has a bias toward truth. Levine’s findings suggested that we tend to take things at face value and assume that the people we interact with are behaving honestly.”


– http://www.litcharts.com




It is the people

Closest to the forest

Who can not see the trees



Unless you have 24/7 intimate involvement

Tracking, observing, and cataloging each minute

Detail of a person you perceive as trustworthy

All you have is the projection of your thoughts

Innately geared towards a bias of truth, ooops *




Which is not to suggest that humanity

Ought to do a 180⁰ and not trust anyone

Or anything, but at some point, ought to be

Questioning beyond the superficial layer

People convey under their multitude of masks

Masks they themselves do not know they have

Let alone which one is being worn at any

Given moment indifferent in different surroundings

Timing, circumstances, company kept, agendas

Fear, friends, family, foes, society, and self




*
“Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims as president.

Nearly half came in his final year.”

Washington Post

By Glenn Kessler

January 23, 2021, at 6:35 p.m. EST



In a lifelong career of pretending

To be wealthy and successful so

That he would be loved by those

Actually, wealthy and successful

Culminating in a scripted edited

TV show hyping his celebrity

A facade of make-up and lights

Through failures and bankruptcies

Loomed constant in “real” life

And still, his followers………

Mostly poor and unrecognized

Think he is innocent



“Just an observation,
Maybe I need
Different glasses.”

– Angelo Devlin