Hidden Flaws
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Hidden flaws cannot be seen
through the lens of a blind eye.
Thus, shadows collaborate to hide hate
as pretense helps bigotry stay unseen;
but it is there; merely open your eyes.
Like a fiction of tall tales,
history's a false teacher.
Brutality, cruelty, greed, and fear
are tested tools used to manipulate;
and justify attempts at genocide.
War is a God-given right;
pacifists are all traitors!
And effective today, as in the past,
lies remain the preferred motivator,
a proven way of controlling people.
We tout our belief in God
when it serves us to do so.
Democracy's almost designed to fail;
as it struggles not to be overthrown
by psychopaths with political might.
An ambition still pursued
by big money to this day.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2021
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