Shake Down.

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  Doggerel Dave August 8th, 2021 17:05

  Good for you,Chris. That's what poetry should be about!!
  At one time I thought the ‘inevitability of gradualism’ would be the way it would go, and indeed it has but in totally the wrong direction with no end in sight.
  'Brave write.
  

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  L. B. Mek August 9th, 2021 04:08

  'Who cares about hereafter.
  When you’re trying to live today.'
  
  'Taught people to be tribal.
  Your lies and deception
  Your version of the bible.'
  
  'The way things are a mess.
  It’s time for you to right the wrongs
  Pay for your excess.'
  (wonderfully defiant words! although
  while I relate to the fervour
  and measured, choice wording
  of your write, sadly I can not agree
  with its Anarchist themes,
  Royalty or Representatives
  of the General public - were first chosen
  and elevated, to their position of influence
  because: We the minority Needed them;
  we 'Burdened' the first elected few Individuals
  who realised, similar positions of Authority
  to Help ourselves, because
  without a Symbolic final Voice to insure
  all our disputes and misunderstandings
  ranging, from the minor to the major
  can be Judged, with some level of impartiality
  our supposed 'Society', will once more
  devolve
  into the chaos of the middle ages
  where the Might of a single individual
  or Gangs of people, who come together
  for greed or vengeance, will
  undoubtedly Rule over
  the majority, peace craving physically 'weaker' citizens.
  Do not ever be mistaken
  that is all that Anarchy: Promises and will bring
  that is what awaits us, if we knowingly demolish
  what Semblance of Civility and common Decency
  we still have in our society;
  you need only witness, all the looting and menace
  people randomly act-out, upon their own
  neighbourhoods and fellow downtrodden
  when giving the excuse of a large rally or march!
  No, dear insightful poet
  only by choosing the more accomplished
  and experienced members of our society
  to represent and uphold
  those common Agreed-Upon, pillars and foundations
  to Humanity's Civility, can we maintain
  our essential capacity to govern ourselves
  and we must never allow, our blinkered view
  of Today's Struggles
  to persuade us of an Alternative Mirage.
  Instead, we must once again
  take that Responsibility: to insure
  only the very Best and Humble members
  of our society, go-on
  to realise positions of influence and authority.
  If we can not, find a way to do this
  then all our other actions, to instigate
  and achieve, meaningful Change, will be worthless
  for - like now
  we will have no way, to insure we can Sustain
  those changes and Verify - continually
  those new changes, don't Regress
  back to the ways, that constituted
  our need for change: to begin with!
  Like Trump, the Royals
  are a nice scapegoat
  for us to envisage lynching and plundering
  but have you seen those French, across the pond
  did anything meaningfully permanent, get achieved
  by barbarically murdering thousands
  of the supposed elite or royals?
  Apart from momentary self-gratification
  that is...)
  thank you! for sharing
  such a wonderfully worded poetic read, dear poet
  and for inspiring, my little scribbled reply
  please, forgive me
  if you find my response in any way rude.
  and one last point, if you permit me
  is that, I too 100% agree
  if we want to put a finger, on the moment
  any thread of self-limitation and restraint
  was removed from those empowered
  to govern in the name of a civil society
  we need look no further
  than Henry the Eight's, comprehensively vile acts
  of Pure selfishness and barbaric chauvinism
  just, so that he can 'sire a son';
  when in actuality, he gave birth
  to one of History's greatest: Queens...