The Winter of Democracy
Living in the winter
Of democracy
As factions stifle voices.
Dead leaves
Of hope
Blow among the garbage.
Fascism erupts
From the
Rotting corpse.
Conspiracy replaces truth.
Certainty replaces quest.
Fundamentalism
Emerges
As a black
And white scripture.
Those not with us
Are always wrong.
Education
Comes with a gun.
Intolerance
With a fist.
Freedom is a prison
Whose walls
Are closing in.
It’s the winter of democracy
Lies and fake news
Spin
For the fools.
17.1.2022
Watching the news as the Tories desperately spin the story. Red meat is thrown to the gullible. Throats are cut. Scapegoats selected.
Careers are ruined.
Anything but the truth.
The lust for power rules.
Operation Save The Big Dog is in full swing – Lie, obfuscate, cover, lie some more.
All singing from the same script.
If you say it often enough……..
Over in the States Trump trots out the same lies, holds the same rallies, cons the same people.
He spills his lies, conspiracy and spin and the fools lap it up.
Democracy??
Who cares for democracy??
This is the business of money and power.
There are no rules.
There is not a shred of truth.