His culture of fear
fear of loss; if his rhetorical roots
thus are his reason for being
as reverting to force-for-the-taking

as a bloated soldier not empowered
yet debased; if a delegated enforcer
thus is an intoxication with warped desires
as forcefully legitimized law lacking ethics

his utterances to power
yet veil deep; if shrouded in the ordered
thus are reverting to force with justification
as of Übermensch given as ordained

and it is only natural to horde
yet repetitive words; if hammers and fists
thus known all to well to well-oiled men
as much as only natural to snort

This is his day
he lost power
and opted for force
thus as if yet: stolen

                             —animasuri’24