The Debates
Too filled with psycho babble
sounds of the rabble
in the political world,
the mind swirls through din
that leaves no enlightenment,
only the spin.
Enough of the lightbulb grins
that switch in glib sound bites
to a frown that televises ... obfuscate.
Questions unanswered
to the depleted emcee
who is there only to obscure
with his own vapid view.
Saturated with the fawning
plastic faces standing in a row
behind microphones
as if in amplification
there words may contain
greater significance.
There are no great orators here.
There are no future leaders,
only more tabloid fodder to cheer
with other vacuous heroes of our day.
Copyright © Sue Mason | Year Posted 2007
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