A Place Called Lie Lie Land

Once there was a nation, which

Boasted of its wealth and size.

In that nation lies became truth,

And truth became known as lies.

Thus, the country corroborated

An expert's wise and salient prediction

That soon the people everywhere

Wouldn't know fact from fiction.

"Science is irrelevant,"

The leaders of the land decreed.

"Clamp down on critical thinking

And we'll maintain control indeed."

The people became MORE baffled,

MORE confused, MORE perplexed,

And wondered what kind of craziness

They were going to encounter next.

The art of political doublespeak

Was praised, encouraged and expanded.

If you called it gobbledygook,

You were severely reprimanded.

Reporters who sought facts were called

"Purveyors of mendacity,"

While those who were irrational

Were "pillars of veracity."

The general rule was answer a question

With a question, or try to deflect

Any queries toward dead ends.

The tactic was called "Misdirect."

The leader was an expert at

Duplicity and subterfuge.

(Ruling without compassion and sense

Can work when a person's ego is HUGE.)

Democratic institutions

Were mercilessly under attack

By vicious lies, to such an extent

That pillars of freedom started to crack.

Sad it was to see such a land

Change from what it once had been.

Not until people opened their eyes

Would things improve. Not until then.

(3-21-17; 1-30-18) By Bob B