Hear me
read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
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read
the poem as
an MP4 file.
Audio and Video Music:
Sharp Senses.
By Ugonna Onyekwe.
Music free to use
at YouTube.
Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
Policy or personality?
Relatively, which deserves more weight?
Each can make or break a presidency,
Sharing boos or kudos for its fate.
In voting, one once chose which quality
Demanded greater fear or hope. Of late,
Electorates eschew reality,
Not open to the truth of either trait.
The point, instead, becomes identity,
Sustaining which will voters motivate,
Devouring moral ambiguity
As policy and personality
Yield to passion, prejudice, and hate.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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