If Not For Madness



Common sense makers,
Attempting to speak intelligently...
About how best to end a crisis,
Are not too popular these days.
Since the time has arrived,
To welcome incompetence...
As the current rage today.
And...
Who knew it would be,
Mediocrity to crave the appearance of it.
Everywhere.
To stare at it as if captivated.
In appreciation of its presence.

Raising goosebumps on the arms,
Of deceivers deluded to fiction themselves...
Blessed to become notorious.
Self anointed heroes!

If not for madness.
And the ease today to display one's craze?
Those who have been elected and picked,
As leaders...
To represent the interests,
Of their constituents.
With a priority to emphasize...
The significance of their endeavors made.
Nothing at all could they say done to do,
Had been accomplished to prove...
The capabilities of their mental abilities!
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Written on October 02, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDXEXXBXXXE XXCX CDXAXXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 846
Words 165
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 13, 4, 11

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