Apathy

You say we feign;

Time and again,

You reign,

See *us* as the banes,

Inflame,

Inflict pain,

Have no shame,

All a game;

Hatred untamed,

Selfishly full of disdain,

"No truth to facts," you complain,

"There's no such thing as rain."

Continued denial;

Barbarism,

Locking our country;

Binding ethics w/chains,

"What advantages?"

You try to deny,

Not wanting to give them up, share

Your right to mediocrity

That unless accepted as perfection,

Quickly becomes "unfair"

For renaming yours as the real

The completion of your deal.

--TBJ (11/14/16)