Monday, February 25, 2019

Tumble ~ Monday, 25 February 2019

By virtue of insanity, 
      I win,
you win, 
      we all scream 
            for ice cream, 
                  you lose, 

virtue becomes a game of politics, 
in a word, 
      a joke, 
            only the djinn 
remains in the bottle until someone 
takes a shine to rubbing it clean of grease, 
under these conditions do we pretend 
everyone is honest and acts sincere 

only the court remains, 
      full of old tricks, 
full of scepticism, 
      an engineer 

in one look, 
      with a glance, 
            could fix, 
                  and send 
new generations, 
      full of zeal, 
            undone 
simply by the contempt of the old hands, 
answers for the jester, 
      the riddle sends 
newcomers to the game in a tizzy, 
in a heartbeat the young succumb to age, 
to wealth, 
      to delight in power, 
            dizzy 
young men and women learn how to rage. 

Ignorant of abuse, 
      they choose to use 

weak, 
      pathetic, 
            money-hungry club kids  
in their schemes to get rich with pyramids, 
noble, 
      the engineer fixes their ruse.

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