Toxic Streams

In a fantasyland
of their own creation
politicians spawn
Spreading their eggs of division 
and lies
among bottom feeding pawns

Propagating treason
corruption and graft
to freely flow downstream
Carrying our destiny
over the falls
— of shattered broken dreams

(The New Room: February, 2024)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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