Remember

remember the words that are caught being casually spat from the mouths of a politician, for they mean so much more than any of the speeches that s/he has delivered to us all after a panel of speechwriters stayed up all night deliberating the perfect choice words to woo us sheep into further deference. remember that these individuals mean what they say when they are “on,” like an actor in front of the camera, just as much as when they are “off,” like someone who’s just pulled up a barstool after a long day at work, asking the bartender for that first drink--- the difference is that somewhere along the way, they decided that decisions that should be made by the many, instead, should be made by the few & that they are one of the chosen (as if by some greater force than humankind) to stand tall amidst the rest of us & shine shine shine, like some bastion of light, like some lighthouse peering out into the raging waters, in order to save us all from crashing into the rocks, whilst bathing in power.