No longer can we ignore life
which imitates art
while art imitates life.
Each part imitates the whole
while the whole
is the sum of its parts.
When the parts break
the whole breaks apart.
The dark drain bears the burden
of too many broken peaces
and pushes back against gravity;
releases the depravity
and frees the broken whole.
Cleaning crews appear to
remove the waste, fraud and abuse
of leadership run amok among the muck;
Now, so clearly broken, and out of luck.
Hot air blows around every media space
to dry the tears of such disgrace.
Sanitize all you will.
Pack the dirty remnants into opaque bags,
redacted files hidden under seal,
and hide the crimes away.
The sewer can only handle so much
of the dirty secrets we are afraid to touch.
Truth always come to light
when the drain is filled too tight.
Ignoring the dirt contaminates us all,
as we watch the walls of a nation fall.
annarino writes 