Day: February 7, 2025

They paraded themselves
as holy men.

They performed masses
and preached homilies

To all their devout parishioners
who imbibed their teachings

as if they were from the Lord’s
very own words.

But they made it all seem
like a deceptive front

when they broke with holiness
and molested children.

Bob Boyd

The poet wrote a man danced like a swan.
I never saw a swan dance and
I don’t believe they do.

At least not in a way comparable to humans
or with any kind of choreographic grace.

But my different opinion aside,
which admittedly could be wrong,
I like the way a man dancing like
a swan sounds.

And I like the inherent beauty
and grace in a swan’s regal nature.

Bob Boyd

Some politicians are so full of crap
and so corrupt that they don’t
give a damn about the people,
those who don’t vote for them
and those who do.

They’re in no way patriotic.
They’re just opportunists
looking for a way to make a buck
at the taxpayers expense.

They try to make patriotic politicians
look like the villains they themselves are,
as if their vilification is a projection
of their own opportunistic devilry.

They lead the media by the nose
with their self serving propaganda
designed to disparage the other party
and make themselves look pristine.

It’s all a political grift to enrich them
and try to keep the people ignorant
of their dark deeds and deceptions.

But finally they are exposed
for what they really are,
for how they don’t care about us.

Bob Boyd