Checked!



Verified qualifications.

Praised as having the ability,
To instigate and promote civil unrest.

Checked!

Assumed and alleged,
To have negative racist and bigoted opinions...
About ethnic diversity.

Checked!

Accused of being,
A self-centered, narcissistic egoist.
With his own glam squad.
Hired 24 hours a day full time.
And said to pledge allegiance to himself.
As well as being a betrayer of rules and laws.

Checked!

Claims to be blessed as the chosen one.
The only one that can fix everything.

Checked!

Says into mural mirrors,
Adorning all the walls in his home.
How great he is to be such a genius!

Checked!

'So...
What is the problem?'

Well...
He repeatedly says he is innocent,
Of evidence and proof revealed.
That he is a corrupted, deceiving...
Immoral lieing treasonous demon.
Although...
Those devoted and loyal to him.
Crushed under a bus.
With a spewing of indignities towards them.
Protest.
To disbelieve any of this proven publicly,
Had been done with premeditated malice.
And what he has done is no different,
Than a juvenile delinquent.
Misunderstood and going through puberty.

'And...
Even though we find his qualifications,
Impeccable.
Outstanding without a doubt.
Why is he being treated,
Like today's average common criminal?
What has he done so bad,
To have his background scrutinize this way.'

'First of all...
He displays anger and hate,
Towards authority.'

'Okay. Understood.

'He is not only extremely entertaining...
But also suspected of not having knowledge,
Of historic events.
Makes up stuff to delude and fiction.'

'Okay. Who doesn't.
Most children do.
Go on.'

'He has this unexplainable love for dictators.'

'Okay.'

'Plus...
Some perceive his ongoing activities,
Come from someone...
Observe to be severely mentally touched!'

'That's what bothers me.
I don't understand.
His qualities,
Proven to be verified are perfect!
Who else could there be,
To represent better this society we live in...
In which the people choose and want,
Someone to represent their interests...
With such enthusiastic abnormality.
That has become for many,
A way of life they have begun to love?
What...
Can anyone tell me,
What is the problem here?
Why are so many afraid of the future?'

'Some who opposed this direction,
Say it going back to repeat the past.'

'And again...
For the last time.
Moving back to the future.
Or...
Traveling fast back to the past?
What difference does it make.
Aren't we all eventually reaching,
That final destination?
Geeessshhh.
People given entitlements,
Don't know what they want!
Today it's this toy.
Tomorrow there's another toy to destroy!'
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Written on November 16, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on November 16, 2023

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Scheme AB XCA DAXEXX FD GXH IJ XKXDFIXHJBAHKKA LCMXXMXX XXA DXXF FXX G HNFX ALNXAXOXAAXXAXP FQ XEPPQXDFCXORR
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 2,607
Words 535
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 6, 2, 3, 2, 15, 8, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 15, 2, 13

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