Fanfare for the                                                                      Common Man

Disaffected voters in America
have found their voice in a man
of uncommon wealth and privilege
better recognized as a modern-day
circus barker, the epitome of a
rakish charlatan who claims to speak
truth to power, owing nothing to no
one. In an inexplicable fit of
delusional fervour his admirers
see salvation in the hysteria of
acclaiming a pompous ignoramus
whose fondest icon is his own
mirrored reflection projecting a
gravitas and dignity that form no
part of his bearing or being. He
promises to return America to its
core beliefs and the security of its
insular passions, no longer deigning
to share its greatness with nervous
allies, observing the rallies with
dread that uphold the vision of a
nation estranged from the world.
The world outside shudders in 
disbelief, revulsion and fear at the 
mad spectacle of a powerful nation
consigning itself to the status
of a failed empire. But it is the
collateral fallout on the world body
that consumes an uneasy future.