'Tis The Way Of The World

As any seasoned politician who has realized

success is aware, the public is a giant beast

readily given to ardent support of the crafty

who promise much but deliver little as long

as among the deficits are sprinkled dedicated

and highly visible credits to be taken by

those among them most likely to vote who

have the smarts and the funds to elude those

inconvenient taxes that support state-funded

perquisites enjoyed by all, however few and

far between. That the great beast can be tamed

to channel its resentment toward the wealthy

and domestic corporations is of huge benefit

to the task of manipulating a restless population

promising they will pay more for the relief of

the hard-working majority upon whose travail

government prevails when the mood takes to

sprinkle largess. Yes, the public would prefer

that the rogue it has latterly cast its ballot for

works toward enhancing the public weal, but

the submerged uneasy consciousness of the

volatile nature of the beast and its destructive

forces capable of unleashing drives a fairly

expanded component of night-demons in the

subconscious of those seasoned politicians.