Saul Huggins

Botch Job

by: Saul Huggins

Exposing our leaders for what they really are Comes oh so easy for this inventive little bug. Unable to show Itself, yet able to shine a light Onto human nature which the Bard could not Manage with a million skilled words: Compare The organic method in which fools, liars, and Charlatans are revealed in the natural glare of Covid 19 - to the stagy artifice of Shakespeare. (Humans have rarely been worthy of the grand Emotions he awarded them nor capable of the Exquisite verse he installed on their tongues.)

No, this inaudible bug is not in need of a voice To reveal human defects in their purest forms. Moreover, it grants us knowledge by proxy in The teaching of a new word – Furlough. And As well as bringing the meaning of this word To light, the versatile bug also blasts a glaring Beam onto those with cold heart who go on to Abuse the ethics and practice of this new word. Both Education AND Edification from Covid 19 - Cruel yet gifted bug, finding ways to enlighten. Upgrading the air for wildlife by Cutting planes, cars. Curbing the airs of the Famous by Keeping them caged. Purifying the air in the hoods by Making Rap Its bitch. Purging the streets of crime, It is the Only Show In Town, Owning every single person In a planet becoming ever Cleaner and purer with the Presence of Its invisible self. Perchance, after Its everlasting Demise, Its greatest bequest Can be a subtle worldwide Release from servitude To the hideous speed Of life so rooted in Love of money As to render Humanity(!) A Botch Job. (but don’t bank on it)

Previously published in Straw Dogs.

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