INSIDIOUS
Insidious and dry as the desert wind is the voice of Pharaoh saying,
"The children of Israel are more and mightier than we, Come Let Us Deal Wisely With Them."
Captives are held in southern Egypt, on a peninsula called Amon Ra's shining state.
To maintain control, taskmasters turn tribe against tribe, brother against brother. A mid ranked taskmaster enters the captive's quarters and says each captive will be responsible for their own area. Then they say if one captive or his area is not inspection ready the whole house of captives will pay. They refuse to correct the few hoping to divide the many.
Come Let Us Deal Wisely With Them.
A captain of the host addresses the captives. His rank is shown by his uniform , the need for recognition shows like the slip from beneath his white skirt. He demands we stand for the honor of being in his presence. He sounds like the High priest of Osiris preaching platitudes of personal responsibility. His voice changes and the duality of a foreign Janus enters his speech.
"The rules say we only have to allow you outside to enjoy Amon Ra's golden rays once a week, remember if one fails you all catch hell"
Come Let Us Deal Wisely With Them.
Insidious is flat black paint on exterior walls designed to absorb and transmit heat into cell that are already too hot to legally keep a dog in.
"What, is it easier to get angry and argue among yourselves when you're roasting?" "Amon Ra bless your heart"
Come let us deal wisely with them.
Are you sure you are dealing wisely with me?
Rewarded for good behavior by placement in honor dorms means even more harassment.
I've been shook down, put down, cussed and lied to.
I've been strip searched so many times, I believe more taskmasters have seen my brown eye, than have dared to look me in my blue eyes.
I've been pepper sprayed twice as collateral damage.
What exactly are you trying to teach me?
The intercoastal turns into blood red tides that kill fish and stink to high heavens.
Instead of frogs, your slimy ways are echoed in road rage and random violence. The darkness that covers the land mimics the darkness of your heart with candy colored phentynol and shootings in schools. And if by some miracle you haven't already aborted your firstborn, their soul soon perishes in imitation of you.
Does it take a Sea called Red to fall on you before you rethink the phrase,
" Come let us deal wisely with them".