A portrait of US politics?
“Castle Gate” by Jonathan Dufresne
a well-masoned conscience
a guard-towered gate
set in ethical stones
first defense against
hostile invasion
of social perimeters
holding back sieges
aggressions of civic iniquity
emanate hotly from
crazed seething hordes
shapeless creatures with
dominant left or right claws
in the thrall of debased
sightless ideologues
philosophically armed
shooting meaningless speeches
ballistic dull words
fired fervid haphazard
from shadowlands hidden
beyond the good pale
every mind for itself
in the ultimate battle of wits
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“Ideologies have no heart of their own. They’re the whores and angels of our striving selves.” – John le Carré
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