Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt where our
inspiration is “politics”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.
Around
the world’s chess board,
pols put heads together.
Practiced grins, gestures wide, they play
a game
of pawns.
Each player claims the moral high –
politicians talk cheap –
and the pawns lose.
Kings win
each time.
And in the end
they shake hands, walk away;
reset the board, play tomorrow.
Their rules.
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This is “Political World” by Bob Dylan
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