Conspiracy

Not everything is a conspiracy.

Sometimes bad people do bad things

and they get caught

and punished accordingly.

Sometimes things work

the way they’re supposed to

and you might not like it

but that’s how it is.

Before you call it a conspiracy

think on this:

maybe you are one of the bad people

Doesn’t feel so good, does it?

Like that time you submitted that poem

and it didn’t make the shortlist.

Maybe it’s not nepotism.

Maybe it’s not partisanship

or bias or what have you.

Maybe your poem

just wasn’t as good

as the others. See,

not everything is a conspiracy.

Sometimes things work just fine.

Joshua Seigal