A New Way of Seeing What Isn’t There
Inspired by an Alan Catlin poem
Foot binders convinced the unquestioning
that deformity was erotic
despite the scent of decay
oozing through minuscule slippers.As fascism gains currency,
we tell ourselves
it can’t get that bad,
We the People will prevail,
conveniently forget
the arrogantly ignorant
who put a mad dictator
and his autistic jester
in charge of our country.Politicians on either side
of the aisle deflect,
pontificate, fund raise,
unable to locate conscience,
ethics or spines.There is no bottom.
Democracy is in free fall.
The fourth estate
and its craven accomplices
grovel, bend the knee,
flood us with lies.April 2025