1 The Politician Like a parasite in search of a host like a pathogen out on the prowl like a microbe that boasts of having the most as it plays to the credulous crowd true to his mission the politician lives to infect and by striking voters at their gullible best aims to hoodwink a number sufficient to sanction the feathering of his self-serving nest; a number sufficient to bring to fruition the deepest desires of his venal ambition to feast off the sweetly surreptitious deliciously dishonest off-the-record perks that enrich official office. An image-driven media-savvy snappy-dressing glad-hand-happy undercover corporate lackey a bona fide photo-opping fake a greasy weasel a canny chameleon a shifty well-groomed snake he's a poor excuse for a man his tailored suit his can't-miss plan a counterfeit smile tattooed on his face a ubiquitous mitt reaching out for a shake and just in case the occasion should call for a hug his tactical arms are always in place to cynically milk a phony embrace.
"Behavior all too evident in the hallowed marble halls....It's all coming out now, isn't it?" — It sure is!
That it took this long for this poem to get a single "like", is to me rather puzzling, even bearing in mind "de gustibus non est disputandum".
While I suspect that to many it may appear as perhaps both hyperbolic and cartoonish, I think it's far more accurate than many may realize ... demonstrably accurate in fact. The truth of succesful politicians (like politics itself) is that they really are that cartoonish.
Greed, yes; and nowadays, increasingly, pride. Pride is much worse, and is characteristic not only of today's politicians, but more so of their backers, and the bankers of the backers.
On second thought, perhaps you could elaborate on this notion of “pride”. It's not entirely obvious. The words I most associate with pols are actor, puppet, egoism, narcissism, hypocrisy, selfishness, venality, corruption, immorality, etc ... rarely do I think of pride. Thanks.
This poem was revised on DEC 2, 2024.
Well-penned. Behavior all too evident in the hallowed marble halls....It's all coming out now, isn't it?
"Behavior all too evident in the hallowed marble halls....It's all coming out now, isn't it?" — It sure is!
That it took this long for this poem to get a single "like", is to me rather puzzling, even bearing in mind "de gustibus non est disputandum".
While I suspect that to many it may appear as perhaps both hyperbolic and cartoonish, I think it's far more accurate than many may realize ... demonstrably accurate in fact. The truth of succesful politicians (like politics itself) is that they really are that cartoonish.
We are in visual times.
Current taste is for a photo or meme and quickly move on to the next emotive hit.
I am guilty too.
Painted the picture, you did.
It's one of my faves.
Greed, yes; and nowadays, increasingly, pride. Pride is much worse, and is characteristic not only of today's politicians, but more so of their backers, and the bankers of the backers.
On second thought, perhaps you could elaborate on this notion of “pride”. It's not entirely obvious. The words I most associate with pols are actor, puppet, egoism, narcissism, hypocrisy, selfishness, venality, corruption, immorality, etc ... rarely do I think of pride. Thanks.
Indeed!
Of course they are being played themselves.
But unless they become scapegoats they will think that they got away with it.
Agreed ... playing AND being played!