The Political Plight

They erected a republic above the earth. Building materials were passion, blood, dreams… Now cracks appear on that future-proof construction. Democratic arteries are blocked with the plaque of fascism. Where the majority of voters are ignorant, democracy decomposes. Its ghastly ghost spooks the citizens. To be good and glad, a little brain is enough. But being brainwashed, brutes are created. Communal dynamites demolish harmony. Political eclipse gobbles the light. Societal cancer spreads in the absence of knowledge rays. Like the chilly and lengthy Antarctic darkness. Yet the sun won’t fail to rise. First published in The Literary Hatchet.