~
the table is long,
a chair at each end
in one sits an ogre
in the other a fool,
one wears a grimace
one wears a smirk
which seem to change
places now and again,
both speak different
languages translated
by an educated parrot,
the ogre flies a kite
shaped like a diamond,
the fool holds an over-
inflated red balloon,
in the centre of the table
a large golden bag marked
hypocrisy is emptied by
the handful by both, who,
if the deal is good, might well
yet salvage peace
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