It happened

Or nearly so;

We knew nothing

About it.

A hidden message

In the depths

Of our depths

A good excuse

Perhaps

“It must have been subliminal”

We are often zombies

Putty in the realm

Of the subliminal.

Small children

And even adults

Are unable to defy

These under the cover

Messages

Unaware of their effect

But receptive

Nevertheless.

A little narssicism helps

Feed the biases