THEY ARE JUST POETS
We clap and cheer
when they speak well
phrases that please
that cast a spell.
But behind the brilliance
are borrowed lines
they read poets
study the rhymes.
Our leaders rhyme
not truth but lies
with practiced timing
and careful guise.
They stir the crowd
with crafted speech
not to uplift
but to mislead.
And yet
if words can sway
the hearts of men
then write your truth
and write again.
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