so many experts so little expertise

another very long night

without sleep

shoved under the carpet

hidden in the window

of real pain

from the brown middle east

to brown southeast asia

a death spiral is not

a stairway to heaven

the summer of love

a long forgotten trail

never taken

of course the hippies were right

but the experts bullied their way in

with defecate diplomas

and jumped to the head of the line

with the largest megaphone

selling their expertise like carny hucksters

the best and the brightest

is still a madison avenue

ny times book list ploy

dripping in sour milk & honey     cool-aid     a commodity trader's illusion

no antidote

for wildfires     hurricanes     pandemics

--- e b bortz