Diplomacy and the Irresolute Alternative

without anchor all ships
sail and without passenger
no captain exists to guide
the dispossessed.  Only remains
of Peaceful Assembly can
be glimpsed in the association
of favoritism. A favoritism
of familiarity deflecting contempt
by means of ineptitude.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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