In the corridors of power
todays great words are written
Weasels gather and squirm smiles
Wars become a leaking rumour
Hands gather together and sign pacts
And patriots commit vile dark acts
Arguments and threats, abusive language
Taunts an innuendos of secret lives
another country is boycotted
Its people will now suffer and starve
Rich Multinational parklands prosper
Poor and vulnerable eyes are crying
They sit in seats making decisions
Each one has a country etched on a board
Together lives are forfeited an compromised
dr Truth is silenced,mute
For he is the words of the individual
And they can never be heard or listened to
A contest entry
- "This statement is a lie." by PatheticKt.
300 points, ended September 30, 2008, 17 entries
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Comments
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I am not sure which prompt inspired you to write this. I'm guessing the picture prompt but still didn't get the gist 0.o I'm sometimes slow so don't worry . . .
. . . although, I asked for only 10 lines.
No matter, I'm still going to comment on this
I like how you wrote about chaos since it's kind of created by the lies. The fact that Dr. Truth was there- quite impressive. Personification and all, why can't we all be honest, right?
Good poem you got here, all in all
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