{"id":6812,"date":"2025-04-08T05:40:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=6812"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:47:31","slug":"poem-tyrant-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/08\/poem-tyrant-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Tyrant Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaires will not protect you or your interests. In particular, the malignant narcissist billionaire in the White House will not protect you. Selling protection IS what The Don is experienced at &#8212; though it&#8217;s only a grift.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/Anti-War\/This-and-no-other-is-the-root-from-which-a-tyrant-springs-when-he-first-appears-he-is-a-protector-Plato-quote.gif\" alt=\"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs - when he first appears, he is a protector. Plato quote\" width=\"176\" height=\"173\" \/>Tyrant Spring<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis and no other is the root from which a tyrant spring: when he first appears, he is a protector.\u201d<\/em> \u2013Plato<\/p>\n<p>That deathly<br \/>\nWill<br \/>\nProtect you<br \/>\nWhether you like it or not<br \/>\nThat authoritarian gambol<br \/>\nThat grotesque tell<br \/>\nThe libs<br \/>\nFor your own<br \/>\nGood<br \/>\nRegard less<br \/>\nThe quiet part<br \/>\nOut laud<br \/>\nScarfing his hole piety<br \/>\nWith his flagging fealty<br \/>\nAnd public preyer<br \/>\nFor telling his gold in age<br \/>\nAs the loot plays<br \/>\nThat guardian angle forever more<br \/>\nThe utter most keeper<br \/>\nAs if<br \/>\nPosed to peer<br \/>\nInto his patron eyes<br \/>\nAs owed sum thing<br \/>\nSow grate<br \/>\nWhen as a madder of fact<br \/>\nA predator<br \/>\nDestroyer of awe that is woke<br \/>\nAs others offer their hearts<br \/>\nHe comes for nothing other<br \/>\nThen your blood<br \/>\nIn spite of children of God<br \/>\nYouth in eyes<br \/>\nParently a minor accost<br \/>\nFore his will<br \/>\nAnd our will<br \/>\nAs well<br \/>\nAnd mass grave<br \/>\nUnite<br \/>\nAs won<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaires will not protect you or your interests. In particular, the malignant narcissist billionaire in the White House will not protect you. Selling protection IS what The Don is experienced at &#8212; though it&#8217;s only a grift. 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