He Said She Said Wars

Capitol Hill at present.

How camouflaged the offices of hostilities,
cloaked in duplicitous rhetoric,
elegant ties embroidered by tailored lapels
sitting enfolded by kid-skin leather,
each a throne to the ego needs of narcissism,
a platform to glare down upon the subpoenaed,
where testimonies from lifted chins
become the fodder for contemptuous rule.

The House and Senate…

Whether in committee hearings,
or their chamber of lairs,
how un-clever these wannabes to some of us,
these puppets whose strings are manipulated
by Whitehouse avarice and fright,
where re-election is top priority,
not the governing problems of a nation.

Such must society endure
from the politically armored fortification,
where gerrymandered votes
give many bloated time
to continue their warring behavior,
political tactics without any endgame strategy,
dishonesty serving up platitudes of self-aggrandizement,
all at the cost of people’s trust and tax dollars.

My, how gullible we have become,
endorsing representative chicanery and ambition,
ignoring the cost for such dishonest behavior
being borne out by society’s continued ignorance,
a glazed-over peering at a well-costumed, undeclared war
where smiles, glad-hands, and popularity
remain the chosen disguises
for greed, hatred and contempt.

The Cabinet…

Welcome to leadership’s Theatre of the Absurd,
the stage we created with unawareness and indolence,
where its stars play out their Grand Guignol acts
with aplomb and determination
thinking they will realize another curtain call
in the 2020 election cycle.

Such is the rule of Washington today…

A roadshow careening down our highways,
bloviating for the “very stable genius”
and applauding the vacuous air of the Oval Office

as their forever opening night,
a curtain rising on a new and gloriously pompous warring
from a heart of darkness forever in costume.

Is it not time to stop the Twitter skirmishes of blame

and start the peace-mending process

that demands governance by truth as the default start?