Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Puppet Dictator


The Puppet Dictator
(One Act Play)

Scene One:A large gathering of journalists.
local and foreign,armed with the latest sophisticated
television cameras and audio-visual gadgets, are assembled at a grand hall.

There is an air of anticipation of what is going to be the world's next big breaking news story.

The assembly stirs as a bearded smiling macho figure appears and walks briskly to the rostrum and greets them.The spotlight is on this man as he speaks.

Listen Dummies
To Me, Your President!

Hear My Story
About A State Called Sorry
Promoted As
The Special Religious
Wonderland.

Alas,It's Now Worse
Than Neverland
For New Media
Like Facebook and Twitter
Are All Blocked
To Stop Blasphemy.

And Foreign Journalists
Are Docked
To Prevent Heresy
And I Warn
Them to Mind
Their Own Business -
Despite Public Outrage
And Street Riots
Erupting Louder
Than Gossips
Whispers
Carrying Gory Tales
Of Arrests
Secret Happenings
All Kept Hidden
From Public Scrutiny.

Believe It Or Not
Sorry Masters
Try To Hoodwink
Everybody
By Holding
Presidential Election
To Re-elect Me
Their Puppet Dictator.

They Make A Real Grand Affair
Of It With Televised Debates And All -
Showing Democracy is Well And Alive
In The Name Of God And Religion.

So They Got Almost All
The People,Especially The Young,
And The Whole World
Worked Up And Excited
To Choose A New President.

Huge Crowds Flocked
To Polling Stations
Like Queuing Up
For World Cup Soccer Match
In Historic Sea
Of Humanity Turnout.

But Dummies
Unlike Special Soccer Match
Sorry Masters
Have It All Fixed Up
With 70 Versus 30
Percent Landslide Victory.

Sorry Masters Say
Sorry Dummies
Whoever Is Your Favourite
Lost The Presidential Race
The Decision Holds
The Show Is Over.

Listen Dummies
To Me,Your President
The Supreme Leader
The Top Dog
In Sorry State
Has Endorsed
My Wonderful Win.

In Our Wonderland
There Is No Need
To Mourn
And Turn
The World's Spotlight
On Our Famous Faces
Making Us
Seem So Shameless
Wicked Wizened
And Horrible
In Our Sorry Democracy.

Don't Dummies
Be So Demo-Crazy
Remember We Are
The Chosen Ones -
Beloved Brothers And Sisters -
Sane and Sensible
United Against
Foreign Imperialism.

The Seven Or 15 Deaths
Ah,They Deserve
Their Fate
For Their Stupid Stubbornness
Now Leave The Streets
And Go Home
Like Obedient Sheep
Our Supreme Leader
Has Spoken And Made It Clear
That All Protests Must End
Any More Violence
Or Deaths Will Be Held
Against My Challenger.

Look Dummies
It's A Real And True Vote
Better Accept What We Say
Else You Will Get Bashed Up
Bloodied Or Worse,Shot
For Crimes
Against The State And Religion.

Since Dummies
You Can't Swallow
The Bitter Pill Of Defeat -
We Can Count
Some Votes
To Show
It's No Fix-up.

Scene Two: A huge mass of humanity has turned up at the city square.

They carry placards with images of a bearded profile.
They sing his name as he addresses them.

At another venue,the Supreme Leader is holding the stage at a mosque reciting holy verses and drumming up a frenzy among the rival crowd.

Listen Dummies,
Stresses The Supreme Leader,
We Fight For Your Welfare
And The Independence
And Dignity Of This Sorry State
Forget What The World Outside
Thinks Or Says
Just Follow Me
And The Game We Play
Like Soccer Spectators
Your Vote Truly Counts
Yes,As A Piece Of Paper
Thanks Dummies
For Writing Your Names -
At Least You Got the Free Thrill
Of Choosing Your President.

So Listen Dummies
To Your Newly Re-elected President
Stop Feeling So Sorry
On His Glorious Win.

In This Sorry State
Of Democracy
Of Fools By Fools For Fools
We Are So Strong
We Can Do No Wrong
So Don't Worry
Our Revolutionary Guards
Dogs Gangs Goons
Stand Ever-ready
To Keep Dissidents
Docile With Batons And Guns.

Yes,Stop Dreaming
Of Change
Better to Toe
The Line
Or
Face The Consequences!

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