if I would have to device hell
I would do it in such a way you couldn't tell
lie from truth
un-lie from untruth
I would sprinkle it with just enough hope
for you not to want to reach for the hanging rope
I would offer you sometimes happiness
just enough for you to qualify it as contentedness
I would hope you would accept it as enough
and not give up when times would become tough
so I could keep you busy in this hamster wheel
and distract you from what is real
I would gamble you would be confused to such a degree
you would not protest and be wanting to flee
I would consider it as an accomplishment
when you would see the absurd as an acknowledgment
if you would only just refrain from not becoming insane
I would feel I adequately played the game