Politics In The Air Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

At the core of this reality
The fibrils are held together by deception
The nuclei wants to remain intact
Abandoning the ethos of democracy
To be a government of the people by the people
And for the people
The people are just pawns in the overall scheme of things
And the machinery of the cell (democracy)is abandoned
Deception and propaganda in full display
Hypnosis and stupidity bandages the people's minds
It is an illustration of African politics
In this game of politics
It's the economy versus humanity
The numbers versus reality
Everything else is stark against the people
And the losers' trophy is well polished
Another five years of misery and neglect
Another cycle in the life cycle of politics