Distraction and Other Games Politicians Play
The name Epstein, sounds German, or Jewish to me
what do you guys all think ..
Well, to be honest, we don’t really know, or care
anymore whether it sounds
perhaps Yiddish, Teutonic, oriental, or something
completely different that which
might fall beyond, outside or between any such
brand, marker, tag, label, logo or sign ..
You see we have cried, for so long and so hard that
we can’t see, or cry anymore ..
We are lost, like so many other victims are lost to
such well-versed, political greed ..
Whereas all those high hungry churches, temples
and once pretty cathedrals
still burning out there hide behind their hypocrisies ..
But even all that, doesn’t alter the fact
they continue to use and abuse such vilified names
as a foil, or as a shield, to both
disrupt and distract, from what is really going on in
the world, behind closed doors
and all of these deliberately clouded smokescreens
they throw in the air, while systematised
bombing, killing, maiming and legitimatised genocide
go unchecked in Kiev, Gaza and Syria
just to name, a few of the big ones, so go on, I double
dare you to take a good, long and hard
look at the news headlines today and if afterwards ..
You are not completely blinded too,
then you will almost certainly begin to see what I mean ..
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Author:
Neville (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Sometimes but increasingly often these days, one has to look deeper than what they want one to see and to believe in .. That is of course if you want to see clearly .. They are very good at playing such dangerous and underhand games .. The bullies, the despots, the bigots, the liars and most unchecked presidents and political leaders I mean .. Thanks for taking a peek .. Neville
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Neville you have hit a sensitive spot. I like to consider myself antipolitical but I have recently been prodded by current events into writing some political posts and have another one ready to put up. They are not for either side in what I see as a bad guys and worse guys battle so its hard to cheer but it is about the absurdity of history reenacting itself and no one seeming to notice or care. Maybe they just feel helpless and don't know what to do. This poem hits hard and boils the blood. You might want to check out Rashomon or one, two, three, four.... five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Thanks muchly brother sorenbarrett .. I don't need to check out rashomon, I have lived long & hard enough to know that objectivity gets watered down in a crowd .. Neville ..😎👍
You are most welcome Neville
I love political or social or economic poetry as I firmly believe poetry has the power to convey what we feel in the truest way. Thanks for sharing this.
Your review warms the cockles of my heart my friend .. Thank you most kindly & true .. Neville 😎👍
I only got as far as Epstein - is that a printer? Nope, I mean Epson. Doh! This is me contributing nothing at all politically!
You are so right & on so many scores .. ta .. Neville 🐧👍
Neville, this is a blunt call to stop taking the bait. You frame the obsession with labels as a smokescreen, then widen it to the larger machinery of suffering and complicity. The emotional core is that numbness line…tears dried out into blindness. …It’s heavy, confrontational, and purposeful. In fact, it’s all of those things…and timely. I hope those who read it pause long enough to sit with what you’re pointing at. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
I am delighted you were able to see it my way Tristan .. I don't think I could have ever slept easy again if I hadn't had this forum to get it all out of my head and off my chest .. You are indeed both BIGLY & muchly thanked & likewise appreciated .. Neville 😎🖤🐦⬛👍
Far too easy, I admit, to take the latest serving of crap from my old tranny atop my fridge, and pull it apart, propose questions I could ask from my kitchen and move on to the next piece of carefully curated shit…
The real truth? And what can I do other than ensure I remain aware I’m being conned..
This took time and effort to put that together, Neville. And I’m really glad you did.
I am more than merely honoured Dave, I am chuffed to bits .. Neville 😎👍
Such very true words Neville, there is nobody who is ruling countries or organisations that we can trust any more
Andy
Dreadful isn't it but still allowed to go on .. Thanks for the thumbs up Andy 👍
Tremendous work, my friend.
One can only try .. I'm just glad I got this off my chest .. Neville
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