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Book 27 Page 20

Out of sight, out of mind

“Out of sight, /

out of mind.”

Some things are excluded

from the news head lines.

A population under control,

by restrictions of what we see.’

Media manipulation guiding us to,

what we should believe.

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Providing us with only,

a highly scripted view.

On every paper and T.V. channel,

of the daily news.

Unseen images lay edited,

on the studio floor.

Pictures showing another story,

of so much more.

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And what we are fed

is a clean / political face.

A sanitized version,

to the general populace.

‘Deception’ but arguably,

not strictly a lie.

Essential facts kept from,

the public eye.

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And so it’s, ‘out of sight, /

out of mind.’

Keeping the population,

ignorant and blind.

Out of sight, /

Out of mind.

Being fed,

The scripted line.

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au Created on 9/25/00