Truth is a convenient statement
for those who wish to control
the agenda and make sure
that we all follow its way,
like ancient Roman galley slaves
who row and row and move their oars,
and believe that sometime they will be free;
but today we are slaves of another kind,
and our oars are the way we live
as consumers in this consumed world,
and like those ancient Roman slaves
we exist in the great boat of progress
which we can enter but never leave.
23/3/2017