Beware the Shepherd

While jurisprudence illustrates through brief, the bureaucrat stands verbal in reply. To pillage righteous freedoms like a thief, he fans malfeasance tethered to a lie. Incitement is the weaponry of choice for inspiration fanning despot flames, autocracy inflects within the voice to emphasize the fabricated claims. When treachery lies hidden in pursuit of public trust or monetary gain, a blind belief leaves reason in dispute to dispossess such mutinous disdain. Beware the quisling, quick in repartee, with flouted oaths that lend to vagrant creed, for in their wake, the demagogue will plea constituents were partners in the deed. Is not a vote the voice behind the lead, is not a gathered flock thy shepherd’s keep? For voices served are culpable in deed, and what they cultivate so shall they reap. Though, but a bit more goodness lights the night than evil bids to dim the human heart, morality must lean into this fight if e’er to let benevolence impart.