No chance for peace – Their declared stance! <br />Surprised I am not for they operate from a position of dominance <br />Their strong arm tactics elevated higher <br />By an ever increasing grouping of obedient tax-payers. <br /> <br />The populace, their wealth they pour <br />Into the furnace of an all consuming fire <br />Mesmerized by the flickering flame <br />Detached unless the implication strike home. <br /> <br />Not all are consumed by this flicker from Hades <br />The funeral pyre or the ashes made <br />Belief is held from those who scatter <br />Hope to wind, denying fuel for their fire. <br /> <br />© Calac<br /><br />Chris Lane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-chance-for-peace/
