Political Allure Endorsed Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Powerful.
Mysteriously attractive.
And fascinating beyond reality.
Introducing an alternate Universe.
Unseen.
Invisible.
Although worshipped with devotion.

We are living in incredible times.

Refusing the presence of truth to accept.
Yet...
Claim to be devoted to prayer and faith.
Many pretentious with religious beliefs.
Are quick to defend their Christianity.
No matter who is abused.

This...
Upheld 'pretentiousness',
Has got to be quite humorous.
For the ones on a mission,
Using political beliefs...
As a weapon to invade and inflict,
Conflict, division with racism as bait.
Selecting this tool to pick.
Successfully to manipulate.
Knowing this tactic,
Is a profit maker.

The merging of politics.
And religious images to symbolize.
Has these days replaced common sense.
With an infestation intended meant.
To disease consciousness.
And the wickedness of this has worked.
Turning fools into servants.
Addicted to loving being treated as jerks.

Today...
These useful 'jerks' have made,
The color of one's skin and ethnic identity...
As a source to associate,
A political affiliation to make.
With a doing to pigeonhole,
Into slots to plot whether or not...
They are Democrat or Republican.
Liberal, Conservative.
Or left to sit on a fence undecided.
As to who should win,
The role to play God for them.

And...
If those white of skin do not win,
Havoc is the result.
Havoc to have it for all begins.
In these United States Of America.
Where united is the craze of mentalities!
Politically speaking.
With an alluring of it done,
Welcomed and endorsed...
Is the course that satisfies,
The madness of reaction to enact it!