The Real Problem

 

The real problem

Is not tackling the real problem

Where the real problem is at.

 

“If you see something

Say something”

Relative to the fact.

 

 

To whom is this counsel?

To the man in the street?

What about getting to the source?

 

The real problem

Is not about tinted windows

And “no tint” enforced.

 

 

“If you see something

Say something”

Relative to the fact.

 

Require this also

Of officials turning blind eye-

Ask Top-Cop about that.

 

 

And the Intelligentsia!

Is there any such in Bim

Or have they been silenced?

 

And if not gagged

Why this sloth re the problem

And the stark reluctance?

 

 

Who’s afraid of whom?

Is there a big bad wolf

That’s invincible and untouchable?

 

Or, more than one,

Sitting in ivory towers

Unbreachable and impregnable?

 

 

 

“If you see something

Say something”

Relative to the fact.

 

Is this just a slogan

Perhaps, a captivating cliché

Regarding some pact?

 

 

 

It is my suspicion

That the source is known

And there is very little doubt…

 

But there is reluctance

For whatever reason there is

To root it out.

 

 

“If you see something

Say something”

Relative to the fact.

 

But the real problem

Is not tackling the real problem

Where the real problem is at.

 

Stewart Russell © September 20, 2024