Had it for a Week

Television saw men
Rush outside to
Scratch their heads
At the empty sky

The stigmata
(Your cross to bear)
Meant to vilify you
(Casually fades, drifts,)
In gullible company
(Into a laughable dream,)
Is almost equal to
(Because the primetime viewers)
Treading above water
(Save their applause)
But not quite enough.
(For the canned laugh tracks.)