Elections

multiple-faced monsters
mouthing a different jargon
for different sets of listeners
checking feedback
analysing
twisting statements
revising strategies

mud-slinging – an understatement
when a witch hunt is launched
candidates are offered no choice
but to fall in line
or be destroyed
forever in public eye

public memory is short
also intelligence
doctored videos
manipulated versions
of whatever
could be truth
rule the roost
forwarded many times

a mob cheers, jeers
supports, follows
beheads, leads
masked monsters
with no creed
to election arenas
then Parliament

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Weekend Writing Prompt