Evil dons a political mask,
puppetry performed
with carefully construed phrases,
public favour swayed…
and as a final ruse
deploys duplicitous vestments
declaring divinity onboard.
(For Willow Poetry’s What Do You See? challenge: image as prompt.)
Yes, always the lie so cleverly attached to the talisman of culture.
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Hard to know what to believe today. Thanks Paul.
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Pleasure
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Today’s reality.
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Sadly so.
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Sinister is a good word to describe the current political state! Great write – .especially the alliteration.
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Thank you.
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I like this… whose scratching whose back and pulling the strings!
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Exactly…lol. I was definitely feeling sinister when I wrote this.
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lol!
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