We have been too large, too loving, for too long
Time, once again, for a season of smallness
Snatch that milk from the starving baby
Make Greed supreme over the human Need
Here, once again, are dreams of Empire
Of conquered spaces and stolen names
Of galloping horses and blood-soaked swords
Secured in his royal rout, King Cruelty
Proclaims the abolition of Kindness.
And the absolute deification of Ignorance
In his historic cabinet, an array of stars:
A viral superstionist who stands modern medicine
On its parlous head; a valiant cowgirl whose peticidal*
Prowess earned her the laurel of decisive executioner
A mephistophelian magnate whose frantic task is
Teaching the rich how to make the poor poorer
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So back, back to the good old days
When white was white and black was black
And one knew its place at the top, the other at the bottom
With no woke wars and DEI debacles
Tyranny’s terror unnerves the world
A medieval darkness assails the citadels of Light
The wind secretively sown that November day
Has authored a whirl that now assaults our commonweal
Season of Cruelty, season of Darkness
But crueller rains have fallen before
And the noontide Sun has scorched their scorpions.
It is Humanity’s eternal blessing that Evil is not immortal