Permanent Concerns

Adulation and money
Adulation and money
Permanent concerns
Permanent concerns

Death toll climbs
Dimensions grotesque
Nothing and no one else matters
You
You with
The power to save and destroy lives
You
Not cowed or scared by catastrophe
You
Not even bothered
To notice it
Drain the Swamp
Drain the Swamp
Mr President
You
You with styrofoam stuffed cake
Small minded disdain
Small minded disdain
For intellectual excellence

Stubborn mediocrity
Aspiration lacking
Ambition fast tracking
The Stealth of Wealth
The Stealth of Wealth
You
You sanctioning state violence
Police and secret troops
Competing on the streets
Competing on the streets
Psychotic reaction
You
You creating
A fortress as if under siege
A walled country
Whose
Democracy
Is
Slipping
Slipping
Over the horizon

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James David Dick

From the new collection Keeping Time
Published by Yew Tree Press
https://www.yewtreepress.co.uk

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