Terence George Craddock Dictators Poems

leaving scorched earth policies
ruins captured deleted landscapes
depopulated transported to death
undesired citizens children cultures
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across all of histories
written records
I know truth has
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theme repetition

flashbacks Lenin Stalin Hitler Mussolini...
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pin down impressionist butterfly wings of Vincent van Gogh
pin down expressionist butterfly wings of Edvard Munch
pin down realism unsavory souls dictators imposing lockdowns
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corruption greed has become plague epidenic
elite CEO salaries excessive warp social norm
inhumane minimum wages sweatshop factories
mushroom in next exploited starvation countries
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finding truth is impossible
without knowledgeable
eye witness accounts
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dictators rise upon dark currents turmoil treachery tortures
chaos misery murder ferments dark stars comet claws rising
ill will deceit hate revenge brutality cloaks tyrant shadows
smiles or poses stage angles predatory smile raptors hunting
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for they stole freedom from lips
of persecuted poor helpless innocent
they condemned not just in justice;
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how can leaders get away with distortions of truth obvious facts?
how will master manipulator recruit people to racist personal cause?
will people believe half truths distortions lies if told often enough?
will people believe if falsehoods lies are what heart wants to believe?
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