Deferential Calculus

From the side of the street that bleeds,
I heard their grey haired diplomat-ese
On channel after concerned tv channel,
Holding up the sanctity of realmathematik.

Under the accepted regime,
Contrary to what hoi polloi think
About equal human rights,
Or the value of love and kids’ lives…
Deference is accorded only to the one
Annointed head of the national button.

Why, so long hangs the sun,
Justice shall wait… or come
After the passing of the memory
Of playgrounds and apartments…
Of the decimally neglible civilians.

Hail the mathematics of one,
At the expense of the number system!

– Bolbul