Sowing Confusion
by DCDave

If with extremist politics
Your revelations are freighted
Your stories can get into print,
Though the policy's unstated.

So genuine tales of corruption
Will seem forever far out,
As wild and unbelievable
As those who put them out.

Paintings are overwhelmed
By those by whom they're painted,
And flawless gems are rejected,
Turned away as tainted.

David Martin