It doesn’t have to be conspiracy.
Perhaps the matter’s closer to PR.
We all like stories – romance, fantasy –
a little more than bios as they are.
Creation myths, apocalypse and more –
the chauvinistic lore and hero quests,
are what the people want; from online store
or ticket vendors, such is what sells best.

I grew up in the 50s, and imbibed
America the great, the dream, the fair.
In school the Western slogans diatribed
amid dead ends, contaminated air,
and promises as empty as the themes
that advertisers pitch by schemes to memes.