Kakistocracy
Mark the rise of the Kakistocracy,
Misrulers of wherever they occur,
Prime minister here, a president there,
Or some such grandiose sobriquet.
Falsely claiming visions they don’t possess,
Being rendered myopic by vanity
They can no longer see humanity;
Making worse every problem they address.
Politicians who are vulgarly dense,
Enriching the rich, impoverishing the poor,
Slaughtering our young through their acts of war;
Gross mismanagement through incompetence.
But they only rule from their gilded towers
Because people surrender them their powers.
D. A.