Inconvenient Truth

Honesty staged by minds sly

Distracting matters are deeply pried 

Reality is masked by prejudices and fictions

Most views are acquired by foul words and maledictions

Anger is managed by fallacious promises and assurances

But to get a job done, common man needs references

Fear is exploited by vicious demagogues

While to pay his taxes, a law-abiding citizen slogs

 Corruption has increased and so has crime

Inflation is also at its prime

Eutopia is featured from crumbling lives

While to feed hungry mouths a poor man strives

Society is segregated in haves and haves not

If the price is right, even virtues can be brought

Equity has become a joke

Righteous persons are generally broke

And as the hypocrisy prevails

Corrupt statesman cooks up excuses and tales

“Look at the bright side,” he says

“Be positive, let’s hope and pray”

But to the problems at hand he turns a blind-eye

The glib talker knows how to defy

Favorably avoiding the pragmatic route

Why bother talking about inconvenient truth?