PAD Day 8: What a Fool Believes

 Today's prompts from Write Better Poetry and NaPoWriMo: (1) Write a "paranoid"poem, and (2) " In your poem for today, use a simple phrase repeatedly, and then make statements that invert or contradict that phrase."

It seems I can't help getting political these days, especially since we seem to have dodged Armageddon (at least for now) in the past 24 hours. But these days when I hear "paranoid,"  I immediately think of conspiracy theories, which seem to be predominately the product of right-wing fanatic groups like Q-Anon. Here, I list several of the more popular ones, plus a couple of my own creation. 

Q-razy
 
I’m not paranoid,
but a cabal of rich ravenous cannibals
are eating babies in a pizza parlor basement
in Washington DC.
 
I’m not paranoid,
but windmills and chemtrails cause cancer,
and additives in juice boxes
are turning our children gay.
 
I’m not paranoid
but JFK Jr. is alive,
lurking outside Area 51,
plotting to rescue all the captive aliens.
 
I’m not paranoid,
but George Soros pays radical leftists
to fly American flags outside their homes
to make us think they’re patriotic.
 
I’m not paranoid,
but Jewish space lasers cause wildfires,
and Democrats have secret technology
to steer hurricanes toward red states.
 
I’m not paranoid, but the first moon landing
was faked on a Hollywood set,
and the latest mission, Artemis,
was all done with AI.
 
I’m not paranoid,
but I can feel you all judging me.
That’s all right. I’ll get the last laugh
when Trump and Jesus take me to heaven.