Puppet God

About the Puppet Master and his ways.

Puppet God

 

Puppet Master lure 'em in

with each wooden doll.

Move each limb, and painted chin.

Make 'em dance and craw.

 

Remind people of their kin.

Make 'em each recall

fond emotions once again

as your protocol.

 

They drop pennies in your bin.

Large sums grow from small.

Wood directs the fate of skin

as their tokens fall.

 

Puppet Tyrant hide your grin

as you count your haul.

Master crowds who walk herein.

Be the god of all.

Reviews

[NeiL ArandA]

If you have not said or stated your muse on your review response. I would not have guessed the plot or concept. This one also reminds me of a ventriloquist. Its really a simple psychological trick with the use of a simple wooden doll but in the hands of a master artist or clown make people happy and not frown. But by just simple amusement folks are willing to pay for some silly play.

This also reminds me of the most intelligent creature or animal in the world. You may not agree but its a canine . For centuries they have honed and polished this ancient technique. They don't really have to work to make or earn a living . All they have to do is to look cute and pretend cute and the owner is hooked and bewitched. Of course with the exception of a farm canine who would have to round up a sheep or goats to earn a living..But majority just pretty smart .

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your insightful review, Neil! Anyone, man or animal may control others by shifting their moods to self-serving modes. Logic has its limitations according to Gödel’s theorem, but moods have no limit. Every individual may be identified by a unique complex mood, a psychological fingerprint. For the unaware, moods are their self imposed chains, prisons within an abyss of Freedom, a terrifying abyss for them. We’re only free when we’re truly conscious of our moods from moment to moment knowing them for what they are, and what they do. Most humans do not know what they do.

[NeiL ArandA]

perhaps oneday Aethereal I'll to the same plane as you are. Then we can talk and converse on the same page and level. You are very fascinating. You have the brain of Einstein but you seems to have a heart of Mother Theresa. I couldn't quite figure you out. You are so humble and so helpful and so kind and so patient and so honest and so down to earth. Not a hint of arrogance or pride or conceitedness . Perhaps one day you will let me know if you are a chick or a rooster.

[Aethereal]

I've nothing to prove. I'm one of a kind of seven billion on this planet as far as I know. I don't mean anyone any harm, but people have always been terrified of me just as a wild chimpanzee would be terrified of a human being that she would encounter for the first time. People are afraid of what they don’t understand. People see in others what they want to see from their point-of-view, and not reality.

[NeiL ArandA]

I'm not afraid of you anymore. I was onetime and at some point . But now I don't. But no alien abduction ok ?

[Aethereal]

We're all part alien. Over millions of years our genes have been compromised by microbes joining their genomes with ours from all over the universe coming in by meteorites. Our genes are a mix if everything.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this brings to mind the question of Oedipus Rex....puppet of fate, master of his own, or a combination of both...

how much free will do we really have....???

damn your poems are insightful and a joy to read.

jacob

[Aethereal]

Thanks, jacob! Unconscious tendencies such as the Electra and Oedipus Complex often control others as if they were puppets.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

An interesting piece indeed. I have startling visions of clowns and other scary carnival things while reading this. Great imagery.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Sarah! Many poems have been written with a carnival theme. I love going to them when they come to town. A well performed puppet show is a joy to experience, and the dolls are delightful. A professional puppet doll is extremely expensive.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

...and extremely scary. I have a thing about puppets, puppetiers and clowns. Eerie, and yet interesting at the same time.

[Nix]

Wow. This is truly an amazing piece. It uses a great metaphor and puts a new spin on it. You used great language and great rhyming. Very powerful and well done.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your graceful comment, N.B. Mowery! A puppet show theme is one of the most powerful metaphors of all time. Every puppet show is a metaphor in action in the hands of a Master Puppeteer.

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Splendid read and write. Well done!

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Brandon!