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Riding the Tiger

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*sighs* *shakes head* *tuts* *sighs some more* *drinks* *tuts louder* *writes a sonnet* Riding the Tiger In our world of post-truth, with wool over our eyes we should all go and see if the land truly lies. "Debates" are a shit-show; the "experts" are stumped, there's no place for fact-checking, when facts can be Trumped Government's clogged: nothing's passing its Khyber - it's diet is lacking enough moral fibre. So how will we get their position to shift to one where a right is a right not a gift? Where all life is sacred, not just life in the womb Where those fleeing warzones aren't told "NO MORE ROOM" Where spiritual leaders can give their hot take on social injustice, not just words on a cake. Because if we can't, if it all is in vain, We'll have forgotten the lessons of "Never again"