Richard Pierce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@tanweerdar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tanweerdar</span></a></span> <br>The scale of the lie doesn’t<br>Bear comparison. Hundreds of<br>Thousands of dead litter the books<br>History writes. Those glorious<br>Wars didn’t happen; they were<br>All vanity & preening, the<br>Transmission into rot &<br>Jelly of the living, just for<br>A few yards, words & pride.</p><p>The epidemics of our modern days<br>Are <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gargantuan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gargantuan</span></a> in their extension of<br>These mismatched promises &<br>Pretences. Men with fluffy hair<br>& unkempt minds and the<br>Sole aim of eradicating the poor<br>& the lonely for the sake of what?</p>