Two Things Sadden Me

 Two things sadden me ... 

1) that present-day politics should be riddled 

with women and men of such low character - 

skilled in the nonsense of empty prattle,

given to lies and brutal imagery, 

their own lives marked by suspicion of and/or outright corruption, 

and 

2) the millions of American who laud them, 

who confuse their foolish claims 

and belligerent buffoonery 

with greatness and courage ...

and the millions of christians 

who believe that such leaders will give them 

their theocratic dreams, 

which they may well do, 

but all such theocratic dreams 

of the past 

have proven to be nothing more 

than nightmares.

The laws of the universe make it abundantly clear:

Those laws guarantee the failure of all such foolishness.

A passion for faith gone bad.

An ambition that partners with death.

A zealotry willing to sell its soul to the lowest bidder.