Marcus Aurelius Lucky Bag

A chimerical pursuit  
Captivated by a hidden truth
Or a toy made more attractive
Sealed inside a Lucky Bag
A promise held within
Or promise long withheld
In politics   –   what is the difference?

Behind the scenes and screens
Logarithms write the manifesto
All desires are manifest
Before you have expressed them

Another form of salesmanship   –
Amid the sticky sweets and gums
Sherbet dabs and drops of aniseed
There may be something toxic made of plastic
Or thin battered tin with a pin

World religions barter with the same
‘Man-he-fester’ manifesto   –
All are born in debt
By nature of their nature
But is a moulded plastic artefact
Infallibly super-natural?

Lucky Bags need shaking
Still you will not guess what is within   –
Something not to place in mouths of children
For fear they swallow it

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Bernard Saint  
Illustration: Claire Palmer

 

 

 

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