On occasion, I would run into someone
who inevitably introduces himself
as so and so from Marketing
which triggers a lingering curiosity within
to wonder and ponder the following question:
“Can you dodge bullets from point blank?”

A valid question, I might add, as those in the profession
have invoked the supernatural by selling their own soul
and having been deceived, deceive in turn
as if to gain it back, or purchase it from Hades
with the money made from molding truth into agendas –
Can you dodge bullets from point blank?

Those who can turn our cranial masses into slogan sockets,
spin their flaws into opportunity,
convince and lead a legion against brand X –
that much power borderlines sorcery
and in this magic realm you built from lies
Can you dodge bullets from point blank?

As we stand here, you are scanning
at what seems to be an easy mark
but within my soul is screaming,
shouting warning after warning
that your hand is on your dagger…
Can you dodge bullets from point blank?

My politeness keeps the question silent,
keeps the inquisitive mind inquiring,
keeps the secret question burning –
sets the trigger finger firing,
answer found, as soulless body dying, to the question
“Can you dodge bullets from point blank?”