HEARD / WORD | July 28, 2020

This week, Connie Owens Patton reads "Lie to Me," a piece she conceived after becoming disillusioned with America’s political process.

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Lie to Me

By Connie Owens Patton

Politicians pimp hope
From podiums turned to pulpits

Grin wide into congregations
Perched on metal chairs in town halls

Profess from their diaphragms
To be anointed ones
They spew fabricated passion
To robeless choirs of constituents
Still seeking the promised land

The faithful, tithe their votes
Then wait to be transformed

Only to discover promises were pick up lines

Secure in the White House
Politicians cast believers aside

Slip, sliding and slick you are
What face will preach to us now