foolish

You tell me

the violence of my shame is not my fault

That survival is not a gift belying blame,

insisting anger be drowned in gratitude.

You say my attitude of self-regard

is warrented, is valuable,

as holograph of our larger questioning

of whose pain matters.

 

 

Scapegoating heroes -- elevating crooks

to the delight of crooks who hate heroes

for making them look bad.

 

 

There are no perfect governers

because there are no perfect people

but some are certainly much more

competent and concered with

the needs of the populace

than others.

 

 

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