“He is no longer the lawgiver, but the sycophant, ducking to the giddy opinion of a reckless public.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

https://www.duille.com/product/the-avenue-in-the-rain/

The draft dodger and the hill billy 
defamed their much-famed republic
intimidated and bullied a multilingual Jew,
who knew a little about persecution,
who had devoted years to standing up
to an orthodox Tsar who slaughtered
and lied through the business of politics;
made deals that served his personal interests
only, loved power, money, prestige.
There is no honor amongst thieves. 

?si=ritEMIgvHz_JXkqV