They All Know

Mouths moving

singing,

crying,

raised in condolences

shouting in ire;

shoulder to shoulder

you want to walk.

Faces pointed

primed

frown

wipe away the tear

denounce the evil

knowing

that this is in part your fault;

does it lay uneasy in your heart

or

can you not even see it?

Your hypocrisy

painted

bright colors

swathes against the grey sky

could have…..

changed the tide

could have…..

stayed the charge;

deny

deny

deny…..

tides are changing

waters receding

ugliness bubbling through…..

I see you

I hear you

these platitudes

not the words chosen

when down the party line you voted

recorded

in posterity

when you thought no one would know.

©June 13/21

Picture is my own