POEM STARTER

Corruption

Write a poem that addresses the theme of corruption. This is an uncommon theme to express poetically, so think about different types of corruption, and how they can best be explored through poetry.

Devil’s Advocate

Cw for religion ✝️ Not to play devil’s advocate But I can see his side Yenno besides the whole ‘Let all the glory be mine’ It makes a lot of sense To do away with free will The moment we got agency Everything went downhill You’d think intelligent beings Would use their power of choice To make all people equal To give everyone a voice Instead it seems that humans try To go out of their way To be more evil than thought possible To pillage and to slay You really can’t assume That anyone has good intentions There’s someone on your block right now So starving for attention They’d comit some heinous act Seen in the news tomorrow In their police interview They won’t show one hint of sorrow The moment that you think People can’t get worse than _that_ You see something even wickeder That makes your heart go flat They keep inventing brand new ways To torture, rape and steal It’s like we learned how to make choices But forgot how to love and feel That’s why I understand The point the devil had to make If you give human beings agency There’s just too much at stake I’d much rather be a robot With no choices of my own Than live in this wretched hellscape That I have to call my home ——————- Some thoughts- I don’t necessarily 100% believe everything I wrote here but sometimes it does get really hard living in such a corrupt and evil world and it’s hard to see the good
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