“ In Certain Cases “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán...

” In Certain Cases “

by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

In certain cases with one takeaway
by hyper-polarized candidates
within our social media age
involving analyzing databases
with no sign of abatement
as platforms serve as battle spaces
shifting focuses away
like violent tectonic plates
with political high stakes
due to misinformation campaigns
likened to emotionally engaging
state-sponsored manipulations
proposing legislation to negate
mass persuasions of populations
over entire populists terrains
by concocting fictional domains
for imposter operations
now coming under recent investigation
intending to separate “fact from fake”
requiring greater and greater sophistication
to determine, “What’s shakin’”
based solely on debated critical data
being simply, “made up” as chicanery
“Stirred up” by day-to-day
online conversations
while wearing the masked face
of divisive  provocation
having secretly preyed
on our national naïveté...