elder statesmen

horny hoarders
professional politics
...get off on cash:
...masturbate and prostitute
professional politics
...grab hold of might:
...obfuscate and camuflage

classic conflict
prosperous populous
...defined by
...bottom line
prevailing peasantry
...victims of
...ballot lie

sold-out soldiers
professional provocateurs
...close-their-eyes
...and polarize
preening pundit propagandists
...hold-their-nose
...and libel foes

gold-gilded guilt
political prisoners
...export consent:
...complete hegemons
political prisoners
...extol content:
...prideful ignorance

someone succumbs
professional politics:
...self-canonized
...long-in-the-tooth
political prisoners:
...blind-in-a-booth