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Villanelle: Better Anarchy Than Hypocrisy

Villanelle: Better anarchy than hypocrisy Better anarchy than hypocrisy Bluff prosperity breeds doomsday blast out Probity keeps on toes reality Executive responsibility Ends before the term of office runs out Better anarchy than hypocrisy Quinquennat* four-year executive spree Lead to wielding effete politics clout Probity keeps on toes reality Who makes speeches ring like Presidency Mimes inane ghost-written texts like robot Better anarchy than hypocrisy If all that matters is "democracy" Should not voters cast nulled votes in ballot Probity keeps on toes reality Who keeps arming the world breeds enmity Wars cars hot-air mouths stoke intense black out Better anarchy than hypocrisy Probity keeps on toes reality *quinquennat: French for five-year mandate of the presidency. © T. Wignesan - Paris, 2017

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