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Soapbox Heroes

Submitted by Rosewood Apothecary on Thu, 2022-11-03 06:17

Governance of others with any degree
Of freedom or autonomy
Requires an awareness and compassion
Whose possession inhibits the holder
From the desire to rule
And so we make our masters of
Charlatans and their sycophants

Style / type: 
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity): 
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
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Last few words: 
I’m not voting for the first time since 1997. The American elected government is basically some demented form of Stockholm syndrome iced with a gaslighting on a global scale. I’ll do what I want and remain unaffiliated.
Editing stage: 
Editing - polished draft
Content level: 
Not Explicit Content

Comments

Ray Whitaker

Mon, 2022-12-19 19:13

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I watched the Jan 6th committee’s last viewing today, and am anticipating more bellicose projectile vomitus from a certain president’s response. You piece fits all of it very well.

I watched every presentation from the Jan 6th committee, and am simply dismayed by all the corruption that was highlighted within the Reports.

Growing up in a USAF family, I know that what is going on here is not what my father and other men in the family) went to war for, risking their lives,

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