False Dichotomy

Dionysian66

They dress the stage

in red and blue

like rival teams

arguing over the color

of the sky

while the ceiling caves in

 

Left hand curses the right

Right hand hates the left

and vice versa

meanwhile the body

creates Unconstitutional laws

and signs them

with both fists

 

This isn’t politics

it’s legal violence

disguised as ventriloquism

 

A uniparty

wearing two masks

arguing in public

counting money together

and laughing in private

feeding the Constitution

into a shredder

slow enough to sound like

applause

 

They train you

to hate your neighbor

over borders

different religions

and skin color

along with every

ist and ism imaginable

both sides push hatred

anything but the truth

as your rights are being erased

and you’re busy shouting

at each other

 

The media creates

ritual distractions

and hyperbolic headlines

to keep your eyes

off the ledger

 

Divide and conquer

isn’t a theory

in practice

it’s a maintenance

schedule

 

Every election a mirror maze

each debate a scripted seizure

every promise a sedative

slipped into the national drink

 

Wake up!

 

There is

no left wing

no right wing

only the bird

and the rights it’s stealing

as you foolishly argue

about the feathers

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  • sorenbarrett

    Here here is all I can say. Nicely put in metaphor it calls for action where there is none and vision where there is only blindness. You can't fix stupid. Nicely written a fave

  • Tristan Robert Lange

    LOL! Bro, sometimes I think political arguments have become the world's most expensive spectator sport. Everybody's shouting at the referee, nobody agrees on the rules, and somehow we're all paying for the stadium! You've certainly given us something to chew on! 😂🌹🖤🙏



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