Today my pleasure
with my sparklers
is tempered by the
crushing fact of
official neglect
of public obliga-
tion, sadly enabled
by almost stupefied
permission, granted
across the spectrum,
for the highest of-
fices to be wasted.
Reaction holds sway
by default, and it
will prosper for it,
in the inevitable
revolt against ig-
noring our people.
Laboured excuses are
more and more thread-
bare, the mighty more
petty, while the good
plead stale embarrass-
ment, the best of times,
the worst of times, re-
membered very badly.
Koch brothers. But
government by racket-
eering is proving to
be unsustainable.
We gaze squarely upon
the dignity of all who
duly convey their con-
sent to be governed. We
see the forbearance, the
modesty and trust.
It takes the breath away
to witness, does it not,
and drives the youthful
heart to sacrificing ends;
unless, the patronising
snicker, Suckers, seems
the sounder sobriquet.
There's just one thing
about a republic of wait-
ing. The generations do
not keep.
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