Husks in Array

He let out a laugh, unexplained to most

He laughed because surely it was a mockery

He laughed because they must be mocking him and themselves

He laughed because there was no other explanation

Laughed because they must be puppets without strings

For when every single man and woman left

Has seemingly has lost faith;

Faith in their ideals, their beliefs, their morals

Seemingly lost faith in themselves

But they're marching on

Like broken toy soliders

Marching in trivial directions without winding up

So it must be a sick, cruel punishment

A crumbling, parched joke

For without conviction and purpose in their actions

Man is stripped and fashioned into a toy for others

Inhuman trash lurching about

So he waits and laughs

For surely

This is a dream, like so much else