and the responsibility of the 'nation' rests upon the shoulders of its people......

what can we say?
what can we do?
who are the 'ones' in power?
who are the 'ones', after all is said and done,
who hold the puppet strings in place?
(those positioned, in fact,
BEHIND the 'ones' in power) ???
what is power ???
really....really.....what is it?
is it the ability to 'wield'
'anything' and 'everything'
that one deems
'significant',
regardless of consequence?
regardless of CONSEQUENCE ??
how ON EARTH does one achieve
this
very esteemed
level of
'super human'
stature ?
of 'ultimate' platform ?

and further....

once "'said' public figure"(guess who!)
has risen to this lofty and
erudite
'position of VOCAL HIERARCHY'....
how can the people,
'OUR PEOPLE',
be guaranteed that this
'person of note'
will NOT turn his back on us ??
just like that !!
in a heartbeat !!!
this is a painful and perplexing DILEMMA
that WE FIND OURSELVES living with,
'en masse'....
during these 'oddly political'
and "incorrigibly 'disconcerting'"
days of 'angst'
NOT TO MENTION "seemingly diminished 'security'"
as well....

where do the answers lie ??
are they hidden,
among the 'ashes and rubble'
of the
'detonated' pizza parlor??

perhaps the 'backpack'
of the 'young girl
in the long dress'
holds some modicum of
"CLUE"....
DO we need TO search
_beneath_
the
'turbanS'
of
'visiting refugees' ??

alas...

freightening realities are
enveloping the atmosphere
of
"HOPE"...

"YES WE CAN", you say ???

oh, really ????

"YES WE CAN......

.'WHAT'" ???....exactly ??