what is representational?

the invention of institutionalism 

is a compromise of human endeavor.

it lives a life, 

shaded in denials and non-disclosures.

it makes subjective decisions

on a publicly unrealized basis and bias.

operatives are shaded and shielded

from public transparency and disclosure.

there is the internal blood-flow of private enterprise,

even if it is a public institution.

profiteering has captured the interest of both.

and by profiteering, 

as meaning economic well being,

in the privacy of nondisclosure.

the head-space of the lead-operatives

becomes the methods, subjectively applied.

wellbeing is a projective term of purpose,

but not an efficient operative of means.

people become their own private act-outs,

concealed by the position of institutional authority.

governments are of the worst offenders.

they are positional, as tactics

and render, as if for just cause.

leveraging is standard fare,

while duplicitous by means.

the institutional world is run by hidden agendas,

where by compensation is 

just a rational construction.

the means of discourse are labored with tactics.

we all are just a think-tank away 

from being further displaced

in the vagaries of this all, 

as it is happening.

why have bother as a concern?

who of us, has the capacity 

for a far-reach?

this parade route is down the mainstream 

of media attention.

we are all solicited, 

as attending audience,

to marvel and be amused,

as if a life of entertained, 

but seriously not ordained.

and I am asked to vote,

as a ritual of the enactment of trust?

so when does this joke 

come to the punch line? . . .