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don't Worry ...
they're just as confused
as the rest of us.
even if they pretend
to know what's happening,
they're as much in the dark
as anyone else.
they invent the conspiracies
to try and make sense of
all the puzzle pieces.
and as much as the pieces seem
to fit together,
the images don't match.
there's always a gap,
some vacant space
that doesn't add up.
we're a rambling species
of mind and mass
searching for answers
to unspeakable questions.
your troubles are their troubles,
we're not all that different
even though we pretend to be.
we work, we suffer, we love,
and we toil away the hours
while looking for sparks of happiness
wherever we can.
the answers we find today
will be the questions of tomorrow.
the conspiracies never end.
all we can hope for is
pinpoints of light
where the cures,
the discoveries,
the triumphs
reside
to make way
for new
objectives
so we can
begin
asking
new
                   questions.