39 Steps

I’ve been suffocating, dust collecting, vexing, hexing holograms
As a new day’s breaking, buzzers sounding, pounding, drowning, hidden scams
Subtle infiltration, waiting, shaking, mating, hating sociopaths
Money-lending nation, tapping, crashing, cash-in, backing cryptic traps
No longer trusting anyone
Checking the locks on all the doors
We are the spies
We always hide from each other
We are the spies
Telling those lies to each other
Plastic eye-lined vacuum, disconnected, executive, echoing shotgun blasts
Friendly fire war-room, crowning, counting, hounding, mounting secret plans
Tired message faking, grade-A banking-savings-babies taking naps
I’ve been checking faces, flagging, lacking, tagging, cackling silent laughs
No longer trusting anyone
Checking the locks on all the doors
We are the liars showing our broken teeth
Bearing false witness to counterfeit priests