We are Nefter Befter in the case of Long John Tom or your favorite stand-in politician. this one’s for them because we all believe we’ve been had, we hate to believe, we wish we wouldn’t have to but we do care and in doing so omit the candor we may have had disbelieving. so we’re in a loop, an ever knotting loop that restricts more with every pull, every effort we take to stake a step back and ask: how did we get here?

now, it’s just the lesser of two evils. oh, be satisfied. oh, be wary. have a care for that man, that woman, for my care.

or my un-caring.

is this us the royal we?