I confess

Posted on 2022/04/23 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a conspiracy poem.

I confess

I’m the anonymous Q dropping
whatever crap will get 4chan hard
and laughing as the gullible
savor every poorly worded crumb

It’s easy once you learn the trick
“disinformation is necessary”
every wrong prediction becomes intentional
part of the trusted plan

I was also a member of the Illuminati
but got excommunicated— not killed
they just set me up with a boring job
a blog and a lifetime supply of irrelevance

Quote me and I’ll deny it
This is just poetic license

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.

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19 Responses to I confess

Cassa Bassa says:

2022/04/23 at 20:40

Poetic license it is

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/23 at 20:44
  
  See you at the next perfectly innocent poetry workshop, wink, wink.
  
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  - Cassa Bassa says:
    
    2022/04/23 at 20:57
    
    😉😉😁
    
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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/23 at 20:44
  
  Probably shouldn’t have typed “wink” twice. How do I edit these?
  
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  - Cassa Bassa says:
    
    2022/04/23 at 20:59
    
    I stumbled into editing comment once or twice, but honestly don’t know how…I just do correction in comment this days..
    
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pensivepoetblog says:

2022/04/23 at 20:59

So clever. Like the font by the way. You know I love me some excommunication!!! Oh lord, yes, there could be nothing worse. And the lifetime of irrelevance. Well done, Sir!! Very well done.

Deny, deny, deny, delay and deny. Great ending as well.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/23 at 21:01
  
  Thanks. BTW, I didn’t mean to choose a different font. Interesting. Maybe WordPress is messing with my formatting. They have been screwing up the email notifications.
  
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ivor20 says:

2022/04/23 at 21:05

I won’t quote you Bart …
“As a poet, sometimes we confuse ourselves, Trying to create ashes, instead of fire ” …Leonard Cohen

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/23 at 21:12
  
  Well written, Mr. Cohen.
  
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Bill says:

2022/04/23 at 21:05

“a lifetime supply of irrelevance” who could ask for more. LOL

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/23 at 21:12
  
  As poets that’s all we can expect.
  
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(Gypsie) Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:

2022/04/23 at 22:48

Incredible! 😉

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/23 at 23:16
  
  Indeed.
  
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JeanMarie says:

2022/04/23 at 22:55

🤣

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equipsblog says:

2022/04/24 at 15:09

Very clever, Q.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/24 at 16:58
  
  shhh.,, Don’t call me that in the public. At least not yet.
  
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equipsblog says:

2022/04/24 at 17:02

Mum’s the word.

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r.Douglas says:

2022/04/24 at 18:32

I liked this poem 50 times. 49 times anonymously. Truth.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2022/04/24 at 19:08
  
  Thank you for your support. I’ll put those Likes to good use.
  
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