Vox populi

A commentary on the day’s political theater

When today’s basileis, daily,
nurture the peccant appetite for self –
courting others to elide their protest of error
and only to sing praise;
counting and cursing nemeses
(any, all who vary
and pose a risk of oppose) –
then methinks it fairest
less to attend the absurdist drama of preening pretenders
and more to reflect on memories of past leaders…

Women and men
who, in their eras, rose to serve in sacrifice the land they loved.
Though, they, human-flawed,
were not sans fault,
thus, failing the verdict of perfection,
natheless, history’s recollections hath been kind
to find them honorable.

Still, the worship
of sheroes and heroes
is worship still;
and no movement benefits,
either advances or avails,
from standing still at tombs
waiting, praying for the honorable dead to ascend.

Nay, ‘tis the people,
alway the people,
in times past and time still,
who did and must rise to cry, “Enough!”