our transient statesman

smiling and weeping
words and robes soon camouflage ~
crude chameleon?
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Borg Avatar
September 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Such are politics and the measure of our politicians. Well captured in so few words.
Smith nee Howarth Avatar
August 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
A sharp, compact political portrait. “Words and robes” as camouflage is an incisive image, and the closing “crude chameleon?” gives the verse a wonderfully pointed, questioning sting.
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