Tristan Robert Lange

What Actually Holds Sway

Sitting beneath liberty’s idol,

Wreath-bearing, toga adorned,

Sits a mortal, memory’s child—

Bald and bewildered—

The breeze whisps around wild,

And why should it be mild

As the bones of the once living,

Lie in number-marked graves,

Dead—all dead—

So a granite statue

Named “Genius Liberty”

Can freely stand.

Yet, in this land,

Toupee totalitarianism holds sway.

Originally published on tristanrobertlange.com, August 31, 2025.

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