Did we not always know
that power corrupts
and absolute power corrupts
absolutely? The more
accepting a docile public
is of the quirks of its leaders
verging on the cusp of
autocratic entitlement
the closer that public is moved
to the edge of obeisance to
the dictates of a public figure
measured by his manipulation
of a citizenry vulnerable to
acceptance of being led
by dictate. A leader awaiting
the arrival of emergencies
to better enable him to 'take charge'
to reach beyond the powers
resting in his office in favour
of grasping at emergency powers
enabling him to react by the virtue
of over-reacting in a dominant
display of contempt for those
who placed him by the ballot
in a space, a place and a time.
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