Emile Pinet Poet Ballade

Hate's Campaign

The world is changing in a profound way,
by the philosophy of fear and lies.
You can't trust a word politicians say:
they connive and editorialize.
And legislate laws that legitimize
corruption and greed, for personal gain.
The tactics they employ to terrorize
are indispensable to Hate's campaign.

Dictators strip democracy away
slowly, before folks start to realize.
Tyrants interject God into the fray:
persecuting all who dare criticize.
The ignorant are taught to recognize
the poor and weak as the root of their pain.
Ways to demonize and rationalize
are indispensable to Hate's campaign.

Potentates kill people who are born gay:
their death is just something to televise.
Fakers, pretending to believe, they pray:
their fake beliefs, simple to synthesize.
Bigotry's easy to popularize,
despite being cruel and inhumane.
And fascists willing to militarize
are indispensable to Hate's campaign.

Fascism is set to materialize
and show its ugly face, yet once again.
And propagandists that destabilize:
are indispensable to Hate's campaign.

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Brian Sambourne November 2, 2023 at 8:14 PM A strong, forceful write Emile. Democracy's erosion occurs in so many parts of our troubled world. Religion, too, is used as a tool to stir conflict. You've touched on so many thought provoking pronouncements such as politicians who disassemble truth for political gain + power. Congratulations on this winner! Brian Emile Pinet November 3, 2023 at 6:29 AM Thanks, Brian; I appreciate and agree with your comments my friend, Emile.

Kim Rodrigues October 26, 2023 at 2:25 PM Love may be the answer to hate, but what is love and truth. The answers found in the book…on the cross. Jesus drank the cup, not the one they gave Him but the whole atrocity of pain, suffering, and evil. He redeemed us. He is the answer…unfortunately the answer is not on the earth’s surface but beyond our Ken. Great write, my friend! Emile Pinet October 26, 2023 at 4:21 PM Thanks, Kim, love is the answer but we have bastardized that word till it lost its true meaning and turned into a filler word...I appreciate your comments, my friend; Emile.