Manufactured

Last one wore a different coat,

came from a different direction,

had a different name in the headlines

and the same face on the poster.

When the danger stopped delivering

they retired it very quietly.

Nobody said it ended.

It was simply not brought up.

Same script, new casting.

Same fear, new coat —

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Made to order, on demand.

When they need you looking outward

they will build you something to look at.

Manufactured! (manufactured!)

It's a product with a schedule

and you're the market. You're the market.

Nine parts real and a single part steering,

that's the recipe, that's the whole engineering,

you can taste the truth in it, that's the part that's endearing,

by the time you check the source they've already been clearing

the next one out the packaging: new face, same dread,

same weight on the chest, same voice in your head.

They don't need you convinced. They need you unclear.

Uncertainty's the crop and they harvest it here.

So watch the timing, not the story.

Watch what passes while you stare —

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Every time they need the room.

When the questions get too pointed

there's a monster in the morning.

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It's a lever with a lifespan

and it never has to hold for long.

New one. New one.

Same weight. Same fear.

New one.

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COUNT THE ENEMIES YOU'VE HAD!

COUNT THEM! NAME THEM! LINE THEM UP!

DIFFERENT FACES — SAME EXACT WEEK!

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Once you've seen the pattern

you can never unsee the pattern.

Count them again.