In The Name Of...?

“abusive use power
is tide endemic
to the entire world”

rulers kings councils
from time immemorial
abused privilege power

in name of divine
right to usurp rule

in name of religion
twisted to cause personal

in name of deity human
desire to be god worshipped

Quotation from ‘Tide Endemic’ by Terence George Craddock

poem by Terence George Craddock
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