. Poetry from The Great In-Between: If Evil had a name. Would one be...Politician?

Saturday, November 12, 2022

If Evil had a name. Would one be...Politician?

 



(A lone voice whispers)


If we

Legion


The bringers of absolute corruption had a name


Our human name 

Would be that 


Of nearly all politicians

Worldwide 



For we

The Collective 


Are like the long-lost twins 


Of the legendary painting 

Of Dorian Gray


Greedy inhabitants of secret societies 



Just hidden in plain sight



Which lies in the middle of any town or city



Even those listed

So faraway 



And after the stroke of midnight



When you 

And all the world 

Sleeps



With no sense of decency or a drop of pity



Me and my ilk  



Peel back 

The black silt 



And write new corrupted laws



To push-up taxes and write cruel inhuman legislation 



That we then invoke 


With ceremonial magic

To creep in



To then drink victorious in paid-for bars



Roaring in jest



Like hungry sea devils



From the sopping wet shores 



Of your nightly dreams



As your soul  

In daylight 



Watches the news 

In blinded servitude 



And like unchained slaves 

You all unconsciously weep 



Depressed 

About all our so obvious 

Deceits



For while you all 

Unknowingly sleep



Every week

Every minute



We smile 

Wave



And continue 

To make 



Dystopian plans



To control and contain you

From your taxpayers keeps 


(C)

Copyright John Duffy



Politics


Poli


Derived from the Ancient Greek πολύς polús


Meaning many, much.

 

Tics


Ticks are external parasites, living by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians.


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