Words of Washington – All Eyes on the Capitol
Lust
In a time of peace
Whispers of absolute power
Corrupting the mind
Distorting the truth
Outrage
Believing without seeing
Facts become liquid
Feed the need
A changing news cycle
Greed
Consuming without concern
One way or no way
Win at all costs
To hell with the little people
Violence
Plant the seed
Fan the flames
Staged headlines
Repeat, repeat, and repeat again
Money
Taking and then giving
Beware of the buried barbs
Once the hook is set
All hope is lost
Pedophilia
Children suffering
Heavy hands
Penetrating relentlessly
Fears and tears
War
Feed the machine
Reckless destruction
Loyalties changing
Everyone bleeding the same
Division
Divide and conquer
Colors in continued conflict
Battle of the sexes
Down and staying down
Labels
Terminology of control
Identification and indoctrination
Free speech
Comes with a perilous cost
Secrecy
Information is power
Suppression and blackmail
Clouds overhead
Keeps the fringes in line
Power
Absolute and indefinite
Global players
Strategizing for domination
The body count continues
Addiction
Users and dealers
Surveillance, coercion, intimidation
Control the masses
And you control the narrative
Bureaucracy
Lost in a labyrinth
Every turn a higher wall
One forward and two back
Frustration
Transparency
A pleasant fiction
See what they want seen
Leaking for political gain
Facts interred forever
Media
Power brokers
Deciding which cards to play
Characters assassinated
Just another day
Washington
Cesspool of corruption
Too many secrets
Bloated and untrustworthy
Yet seemingly unstoppable
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It’s all too sad but also infuriating, as the world just seems to become more and more corrupt on every level. The sadness is its at our expense and the planets expense, as we move closer to total decimation of the natural world, of species and the mother earth than sustains us. Great work Ralph.
Very skillfully penned, Ralph, and so sad, but, true. Well done, dear poet.