…Hobgoblins…politics…tool of choice
Its message speaks impending doom
Unassuming crowds caught in its spell
Seldom see the elephant in the room
Charlatans pounce….then run amok
Deceit assumes the atmosphere…
Bait and switch…its resonant charm
…Sequestered in Hobgoblins' fear
Succumbed….we are as literal sheep
…Or asses…rather…if truth be told…
Through neglect and by default
….Politicians…gifted….our very souls
….Election 2016…"Hobgoblins Central"
The choice…"Truths" versus Hillary's "lies"
Jobs…Health….and other issues…critical
…Beware Hobgoblins'....Lying Eyes
Author's Note:
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
~H.L. Mencken
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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