A Barrel Of Monkeys

they stood facing the screen

like robotic machines

waiting for their commands

from the rogue chimpanzees

the ones put in charge

with all logic at large

though no one was able to see

he communicated with them, telepathically

giving direction, his intel and orders

he placed all his notes in a new ziplocked folder

he played his voice loudly, on repeat, through a recorder

it was all far too much for the crowd to believe

wearing their hearts and their thoughts on their sleeves

no amount of persuading could begin to retrieve

the people they were before the powers that be

the web was too strong for them to be unweaved

standing in attention, unable to leave

their family and friends gathered around them to grieve

but one human was left with a trick up his sleeve

he had an idea to offer a little relief

he created a magnet to gather the glasses

put them all in a heap and proceeded to smash them

lined all the former zombies in a straight line and then

well, I haven't gotten to that yet....Stay Tuned