Stationary Progress

A shorter poem in-between the slew of longer work I've been posting lately.

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

A tyrant
overseeing
the status-quo
believes change
is switching 
to different 
shades 
of lipstick
on a pig.

And yet, even 
in their mind
that is progress
so radical

that they spend
more time
than they have
in wealth
guaranteeing
the new shade 
matches 
its predecessor.

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