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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Conspiracies Abound

Naturally.

Conspiracies abound.
But so what?
Who cares?
Do any of us really know
the impact of a conspiracy
until long after
any harm has been done?

What we all know
as suffering practitioners
of this human experience
is our own motivations,
dark or otherwise,
to manipulate others
and to create this world
as we imagine it to be,
not as it really is.

In every conspiracy
we recognize our soul,
especially when
the facts and intentions
remain obscured.

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