A Demagogue | Kuma Raj Subedi

Gathering a naïve mass,
Monkey man-a badass,
Incites hemlock emotion,
Submerged in a camouflaged potion.

Creating walls and barriers,
Notorious yet declared savior,
Says, slavery is peace,
Applauses- his sheer bliss.

East-West sunk in commotion,
Status quo, progressive motion,
Guff after guff, a state in bluff
Roams around, promise-cuff.

Dreams in pieces and parts,
No longer one nation, broken hearts.
Ballots in secret, may it save,
Once luminous, now obscure cave.

Cheers and shouts,
Catering bout,
Divisive in nature, exposed to germs,
Know-nothing, manages firms.

Admit him not for haven’s sake,
Separatist-ideology, it’s all fake.

Kuma Raj Subedi, MA/MTESL, an ESL teacher and a poet of Nepali origin currently based in Adelaide, Australia. His numerous poems have been published on various platforms online and in print, such as Misty Mountain Review, Voices Net, The Gorkha Times, Sahitya Post, The Nepalese Clay and The Indian Periodical, etc.