Instead

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Instead

A virtuous soul with humor, warm and wise,
Could nudge the world with truth and clarity,
But sucks up, instead, vile lies as spin and bias rise.

Endowed with gifts that most do idolize—
Fairness, thought, and deep sincerity—
A virtuous soul with humor, warm and wise,

Should question jesters in their sly disguise,
Who mock the world with false hilarity,
But sucks up, instead, vile lies as spin and bias rise.

With open mind and kind, unclouded eyes,
Such a one might uplift through true veracity.
A virtuous soul with humor, warm and wise

Could become a beacon saving reason, as reason dies,
Instead, parrots the jest from dull comedic duplicity,
And sucks up, instead, vile lies as spin and bias rise.

So what remains of once-bright enterprise,
But fog and shame and blunt stupidity?
A virtuous soul with humor, warm and wise
Now sucks up, instead, vile lies as spin and bias rise.