Freak Show
Enmity and abomination are the only enemies
That can bring democracy to its knees,
Install chaos and anarchy and anomie — that unholy trinity —
At the right hand of a civilized free society,
Make its people bleed vitriol and bile from all their pores
While pledging their faith in the five-eyed mutant: hate.
When venom froths from the fangs of public serpents,
Drips from their grotesque acolytes, as vilifying invective,
Deafens and dumbs the blind leading the blind,
Then nations die by their very words —
Rhetorical swords they choke on, trying to swallow them,
As malevolence and malignity applaud their freak show.
10/22/09
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