Prevailing Climate

We drift further apart
Like the galaxies;
Banish trust and respect,
Welcome calumnies.
There'll always be reasons
Degree by degree
To stoke a debate,
To preserve enmity,
To never lose ground
By yielding, conceding,
To foster divisions:
Let those fears keep on feeding.
Hold onto the past
With an iron grip;
Ain't no finer thrill, man,
Than the power trip.
And if there's some doubt
As to how to proceed,
Choose the loathsomest tack--
Do the dirtiest deed!