Blue Pill

Written in December '21

there’s teaberry in the gum
and oat creamer in the coffee

and somehow the blue pill flits
around all snitch-like, unable
to be grasped by those of
lesser skill

sugar is here to stay
regardless of what your
pancreas screams at you
in the silence of your shell

the ghost says to you,
resist, resist at all costs,
resistance is the key

and yet the same ghost says,
resistance is futile because
the shell can’t be fooled by
some cheap imitation

they all pale when the
pale horse comes riding through

and the green album comes on,
and the words of the progressive
dictator that ruled over us
eight decades ago comes to mind

we have nothing to fear...

blue and yellow in equal parts
makes green after all

and sugar is the spice of life
since it makes all the swill go down

no wonder the coffee is sugared
and creamed until it tastes like
sweetened swill

teaberry is weird wintergreen after all

and oat milk is...what exactly?

just the blue pill for your next
cup of caffeination in this
caffeine nation.

Reviews

[Jansy]

It's like a caffeine-fueled prophecy. It starts off so casual....oat creamer, teaberry gum.
What's teaberry gum, I have no clue... but I'm suddenly questioning whether my morning coffee is the blue pill keeping me compliant.

The mix of humor and existential dread is chef’s kiss. “Caffeine nation” hits a little too real though. We’re all just sipping our illusions and calling it self-care.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Pretty much, we've gone from coffee to energy drinks with who knows what's in them. Teaberry is a fruit that has a wintergreen flavor to it and it's a flavoring in one of those specialty chewing gums you might find at like Cracker Barrel or a store like Fleet Farm or Running's.

[Jansy]

Funny you mentioned energy drinks… I have to have my Monster, bro. I wouldn’t survive without it, lol. I’ve never heard of teaberry before… interesting! I’ll probably end up Googling it at 3 a.m., when my brain decides it does its best thinking. Thanks for the mini flavor lesson, though.

[Ms claws]

I saw Blue Pill and curiosity got the best of me!
You kept it in control, though, I'm proud of you (;
The entire work speaks volumes!

[Kenneth The Poet]

I do appreciate that.

[Ms claws]

Of course, kinda like Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, the lyrics are graphic and impressive but so freaking difficult to explain. Yeah! Oat milk! What the heck IS that? Great work!