Ideologically Wedded
Like a stone, it traps and sinks
the ideologue;
air and speculative mind
are no counter to sheer weight,
the logic and maths of timely pragmatism
…and credibility - the value of Trust.
There is a discrepancy between
the motivations of pure faith - however mindful
and the determination of,
the stubbornness and ego
that apes it.
Promises, promises,
all about confidence
- when it is generally held that everything boils down to a worth:
the proof in a pudding - not words.
What price is Trust?
Once, markets were a simple matter
of barter, trade, exchange.
On reliable values freely agreed upon and mutually honoured.
On dead-lines, respected.
Moving on to wheeling and dealing;
the back-room, gossipy spin,
of leverage and conniving
for favour, advantage or status.
The subtleties of tribal or class interests,
and less so, by school ties, ancestry
- accents, addresses, social assets;
overarched by the ultimate, unseen licentiousness
and turpitude of lucre, per se.
Bottom line: it’s slavish idolatry.
The more this is welded to partisan survival beliefs,
it’s fed by opposition, competition:
anything goes. No way back!
Nothing to debate or compromise.
Done deal!
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