cult-like

by Fred Aiken

after watching 10 documentaries about cults
in the span of 48 hours,
i’ve come to realize that the modern blueprint to any cult
is to quote any wachowski sister’s movie ad nauseam
and recruit mostly attractive people to make your religion
seem more like a fun weekend party 
more so than a brainwashing, life-sucking cult,

and also, i think i realize
that i might already be in a cult,
so there’s that…