We didn’t have what it takes
For an evil without teeth until it is too late
For a crime that laughs and shrugs itself off until it doesn’t
For all the willing henchmen and henchwomen that writhe and wriggle and leap out of the woodwork
For all the evil that you unfold so easily, so confidently, so proudly, so self-assured

So you win
by destroying what is good
and harming everyone, even yourselves
So you lose
while bragging up and down the alley ways

What can we say?
We saw you from way back, when you were just little dots on the gray ribbon that shakes in the desert heat
And we couldn’t ever do anything except watch you ride up
You have something
the lie
You have the lie
You have the meanness
You have the swagger
You have the lie
It is enough
for the moment
and to barricade a moment into a few more moments
You have what it takes
to wreck many lives, and send your own soul
into the dark

We have watched you
And those who came before you
At the inquisition
And all along
for so long now
We’ve watched you exult in crime, in cruelty, in self-deception, in delusion

You are not evil
But you’ve given yourself over to evil
And it will take its toll
And you think God is applauding you
But God doesn’t applaud
Only people do
You are applauding you
FYI

Author: BW
Editor: AW
Copyright: AMW