Conspiracy Theory 1947
The year doctors told my mother to push push
someone murdered the Black Dahlia,
then turned on the Doomsday Clock
in order to start the Cold War.
The first UFO sighting
by a US sailor, which brought out the rumors
of Men in Black,
was followed by the crash
of alien craft near Roswell.
That very month
the National Security Act created the CIA, DOD,
and Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Can you see?
There were devastating explosions,
a mine disaster, and an anomalous earthquake
in Wisconsin.
Suddenly,
by August we mastered plutonium fission
and polaroid cameras.
Chuck Yeager flew mach1 plus.
Do you see?
Someone invented a red scare,
so a House Un-American Activities Committee
could persecute artists and writers,
then, by Christmas, someone invented the transistor,
killed Al Capone along with Willa Cather, and Henry Ford.
True—there was The Marshall Plan,
Streetcar Named Desire;
Jackie Robinson became a Brooklyn Dodger,
but sadly,
The Congress of Racial Equality started
The Journey of Reconciliation,
but they’ve never arrived.
Now, do you see?