The Charlatan

  

There he presides over an assembly of fools

who drink his every word, the gullible naïve.

The charlatan is as smart as a fox and as sly as a snake

who feeds on emotions like a vampire to twist and turn all within his reach.

 

What a lovely god he has become

at the height of his power, he made the Force shake

at the edge of his power, they shake not at their knees but in their teeth waiting for the time to end his reign.

 

The truth is a rejected mistress and amidst the lies

the mistress shows up from time to time

and the charlatan drowns her in a torrent of words

she remains a figure behind the noise and

the discerning see

the  dead boys who still seek justice

the missing child of a disabled mother

the missing funds donated to the poor

the defiant mother and  cantankerous daughter

 

Mister, lady truth sits behind you heavily like a mist in the cloud waiting to pour

She will not be killed or destroyed

so she lies heavily on your chest at night

and ages your cheeks and bothers your sleep.

 

You may drown her in deeds and in words 

but lady truth waits and unfolds slowly, patiently. 

 

                                                                                                      

 

 

                                                                                                                                 


 

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