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ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION AHEAD

Resist the Mind Games

By C. Rommial ButlerPublished 8 months ago 1 min read
Top Story - January 2026
William L. Champney - The Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770

NOTICE:

Water is not ICE.

The former will drown you,

The latter will shoot you

When you're unarmed.

It might be the stupidest thing

Anyone's ever done

In the history of the office

To send an army of agents

Into the coldest part of the country

During the dead of winter

To investigate a fraud

That could and should have been

Handled quietly and without fanfare.

But just like water is not ice,

Winning the highest office

Does not vest the steaming turd

That dresses in its finery

With the moral character

To make sound decisions for others.

It may even be that the very existence

Of such offices and power

Must inevitably attract the vilest refuse

From the toxic, radioactive, post-Cold War,

Post-Truth, post"modern", post-industrial revolution

Compost heap that has become American CULTure.

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These are the malformed monsters

Matriculating from the cold abyss

Of a conscienceless progress.

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WARNING:

POWER CANNOT REPRESENT PEOPLE,

IT CAN ONLY EVER RULE THEM.

BETTER TO BE STRONG.

RESIST THE MIND GAMES.

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C. Rommial Butler

C. Rommial Butler is a writer, musician and philosopher from Indianapolis, IN. His works can be found online through multiple streaming services and booksellers.

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    Written by C. Rommial Butler