Strategic

Posted on by Reena Saxena

Riots color the landscape red with the blood of innocents. 

Actually, they’d prefer another color – one they’ve been using to paint mindsets. People do not become followers unless they think alike. And to think alike, they need anger, a common cause, a common source of fire in the belly. It needs to be ignited.

People blind with rage spew gunfire and venom on each other. 

Then, flies in a note to say we stand by justice. Eulogies for the non-partisan savior soon paint social media channels. Blood is not red, it’s contaminated.

Up there in the stratosphere, two wise men shake hands.

“How many votes do you think you can garner more in the coming elections?”

“You’ve split our votes, and so have we. We will both strengthen our positions, and cut out the small players.”

These are the things they don’t tell us.

Written for Prosery at dVerse Poets

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