Politics

ˈpäləˌtiks

noun – the activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power.
noun – activities aimed at improving someone's status or increasing power within an organization.

as for our statesmen

as for our statesmen 
with the strictest indifference 
let us hang them all

there are no heroes
there is only this awful
noble decision

this matchless valor 
in bloody consecration  
of my shattered land

how much misery 
derives from evils that will 
never come to pass

history is the 
autobiography of 
a deranged liar

there are some decades 
when nothing happens and weeks 
when decades happen

i have the power 
to choose anything from this 
menu before me

on his golden throne
the thoughts of the wisest king
turn to poverty

smart operators
never let a serious
crisis go to waste

when mouths outstrip food
famine pestilence and war
restore the balance