From the Socialism or Your Money Back blog
The Unmasking of TyrannyThe tyrant feels secure in his redoubtAmidst his cabinet of sycophants,Where all his cold calculations and rantsAre applauded. He has the power to floutEven pretences of democracy.None oppose him who’re generously treated,The few who do are swiftly deleted,Or at least they’re detained indefinitely.Yet aquifers of resentment and fear,Build pressure, underground initially,While the surface seems superficiallyStable, a violent rupture’s always near.The brute once felled, might circumstance recruitNot a liberator, but another brute?D. A.
1 comment:
I'm guessing this sonnet was written in response to the fall of Assad . . . who shouted out TRUMP from the back of the room?
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