Puppet

                                                     Pushed
                              pulled

                     d r  a  g   g    e    d

             to the starting
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    strings
           catching
        as they

               t
                 a
             n
                   g
            l
              e

        into

        k
         n
             o
    t
       s.

Fiction intermingles
    with intent
        until only questions
            seep
            through.

Choices
    have been

                      removed

        from what’s next,
    forced instead

            into
            specific
            slots,

              ignoring many years
                  that have been spent,
    pulling out      motives
                  from what’s true.

Differences
    leaving others perplexed,

        yet pervasive

            in
            every
            thought,

    careful not to misrepresent
        the majority disguised as
                    the few.

Misunderstood
    as confused or complex,

                  design
                                               pushed

            into something it’s
                 not –
        going against
            what they said they meant,
        yet cutting off

                everything

                that
                grew.