On Politics

On Politics

is it two sides of the same coin?
peace maker and war maker
life saver and life killer
problem solver and troublemaker

who invented it?
people or politicians

who uses it?
some use it, some being used
politics, like a country machine
people, the parts
politicians, the engineers

who loves it?
politics, a pet for politicians
people, the pet's toys

politics never dies
as longs as humans exist

Comments from Allpoetry:
Nunoftferreira - Agreeable read of creative lines you have composed and shared here.... Well done work

RamachandranRajasekhar - Politics is not a beautiful thing to discuss about. Politicians are interested in power and would not want to lose it. I liked the way narrative is spiced with humour. A deep subject, especially in the contemporary context. Good post

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Hi, 小西! Plato didn't welcome poets to his Republic.

Why? Poets lied through their teeth while putting truth

in words, in Plato's opinion. So here we have

a great political philosopher hellbent on banishing poets.

小西,don't even think about getting a visa to Plato's Republic

Let's ditch Plato while we're enjoying your poem on politics

In my opinion, good poetry is beautiful with deep truth.

Hahaha, such a lovely pun! I have never thought about going

to Plato's Republic though. :)

谢谢秋兰的点评和鼓励。

However, Plato is welcome to read my poem no matter he is

in heaven or in hell. Hahaha!

Hopefully poets would be much easier to get their visa to

Plato's Republic after he reads my poem. :)

Good morning, 小西! Don't worry about Plato the philosopher.

There's an ancient Greek muse known as Sappho. Her poetry

even catches fire with the reading public today. She's an

amazing feminist from an Aegean island.

小西的诗还很深刻呢！人在江湖在，人在政治斗争在：）It never dies! 小西好诗！

Good morning 秋兰！No worries at all from me. You know why?

Because I have an ideal Repulic to go and it's named as

政治这玩意，看穿了就是磨牙扯淡和宣泄，P用也没有

Renqiulan's Republic (RR)! No visa needed of course，哈哈哈！

Again, this is not a joke.

谢谢冬夏临帖共鸣和鼓励。从全人类的角度来说，不仅政治斗争 never dies，政治本身也是 never dies ：）

姜还是老的辣啊，老李一针见血，精辟深刻！谢谢老李分享个人感悟。

Literaly, RR也可以理解为是“人人(Ren Ren)“，所以Renqiulan's Republic (RR)

也就是每个人的Republic, isn't that ideal?

我的观念的转变是从JAN 6TH的某个人的死亡开始的

一个女退伍军人，不满美国大选的造假行为，从加州专程飞往DC去参加抗议活动。可能人多势众，她和一些人就热血了，就开始冲入政府办公大楼，就要冲进办公室了，这时候，保安人员开了枪，从视频里看，她当即倒地，血从鼻子里和嘴里流出来，不治身亡。

After her death, Trump still plays golf and is still the popular candidate of next president. People still buy house and cars. Restaurants still serve meals. Fans still watch NBA and NFL. People still date and have sex. This country has moved on. That petty so called "Patriot " dead for nothing, absolutely nothing. 

Here is my question: without googling, does anyone still remember her name?

谢谢老李分享。Very sad story, the reality is so real but so cruel.

Yours is a cute idea, to say the least. Thanks!

Plato's Republic is a monarchy（in the final analysts）ruled

by a photographer-king who isn't much different from

a Chinese sage-monarch in Confucian terms.

在下纫秋兰愿登访小西共和诗国！