Anointed Incompetence Appointed



Anointed incompetence appointed.
Relying upon image to impress,
To address failures of decisions made.
That has left less success.
Resulting in an avalanche of a mess.
Everywhere one looks to step.
Observed to witness,
A doing to themselves and no one else.

Anointed incompetence appointed.
With an abundance of it.
Unstoppable to refuse.
Yet more of it to expect.
To delude and deny,
From where it came to place the blame...
On those who remain victimized.
By the ones blind, thoughtless and...
Without a dime worth of common sense.
Proving to use to prevent,
An overwhelming incompetence.
Chosen based upon images fictioned.
And not the reality of truth.
Made to prove and convince,
This avalanche of mess...
Was created and implemented,
By those focusing their attention...
On being replaced and threatened,
With allegations made...
That an entitled quality of their lives,
Is being diminished by ethnic diversity.

And...
The question asked,
Gone to leave unanswered is...
Who chose and started to begin,
The presence of an avalanche.
With no evidence nor proof of it,
To have begun to begin...
By those limited and nowhere near,
From the ones...
Screaming out their lungs and yelling,
To be rescued from what they have done.
Alone and known to have been that way.

'What are you all,
Running in fear from?'

'Them.'

'Them?
Them who?'

'The ones over there.
Looking at us.
As if we are the ones,
Out of our minds and crazed.
Fearing to be defeated.'

'By...
What?'

'Lies we have heard to accept and believe.'

'Uh...
And what do they and them,
Nowhere near you...
Have to do with your fears?'

'That we have yet,
Determined to ask ourselves!
We were told to keep doing what we do.
And that's all we know.'

'Okay.
And...uh...
Who do you expect,
To come to your rescue?'

'The ones over there.
Looking at us as if we are fools.'

'GOD?
I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR WAY,
OF TESTING OUR FAITH.
HOWEVER...
THIS SENSE OF HUMOR OF YOURS?
IS DIFFICULT TO TAKE AS BEING FUNNY!
Although...
I will admit,
This is some hysterical stuff.
Did MOTHER NATURE approve of it?
Just saying.'
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Written on July 18, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on July 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme Abcbbxdx Aexfgxxhxxxaxxbaihcxj hxxkxekxlmin xx op Qdlxa gx x xopx xxpr nafp Qx xnxxxjrexem
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,071
Words 451
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 8, 21, 12, 2, 2, 5, 2, 1, 4, 4, 4, 2, 11

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