Saturday, July 1, 2023

The Recruitment

 

The secret no longer in the secret, who serve(d),

For their lands to spy or when dynamics burn;

In mainstream advertise, glorify on shady web,

Recruitment pamphlets, but, news now embed.

On cable network news, or when social n/w trends,

Not on war on terror, or, cease weapons till end;

Daily affairs merely capture the royal daily affairs,

Who’s running the unplumbed primetime on air?

Wondered, where kings, queens, their apostles went!

Wandered to seek answers in crosswords on rent;

The elites smell negative, the other side never did,

Broadcasting corporations or bidders many amidst.

The recruitment of who read or wrote or performed,

Thrones replaced thrones, the poets were long gone!

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2023