I had no investment in failure
Even now as I am surrounded
drowned out
eclipsed by lesser minds of the
compromised
those contrived by contumacious
diplomacy
whose only requirement is for
their names to be added
to the roles of individuals
called as typical of the times
the committee
of the designated in this century
admired and feted
for what they supposedly suggest
I did not cave in
under the subtle torment of fresh
anonymity
or the fact that I’d be rescued
if only I could be blessed
by those who confess to nothing
absent ideas
somehow satisfied to betray
everything they do not represent
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