Politicians
Tight-lipped they dance
in windowless rooms
slipped under corpulent arms
drawstring bags of ambition
tight with Gordian knots
Militant men –
they dodge questions
follow correct lines
curdled with blunted beliefs
Loopholed at night
holding noisy parties
gargling self-importance
gagged with deceit –
from open mouths
hollow words drip and spit
Sitting on leather chairs
unable to untangle debate
surrounded by their entourage
careened in dogged dreams
with pudgy fingers
they cut into other things.
Darrell Coggins is a poet, visual artist and musician who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. His poetry has been published in Poetry Matters, Positive Words, The Mozzie, Tamba, Studio, Nine Muses, Envy – Seven Deadly Sins, The Crow and Friendly Street Poets anthologies. Darrell’s poems are of moments seen, heard and felt.
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