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Techniques of Deception

This poem calmly examines how words proclaimed during elections gradually mutate over time.
It dissects political techniques such as promise-making, postponed decisions, and the staged appearance of action.
Without resorting to emotional outrage, the poem exposes the calculated timing and delay tactics used by those in power,
while questioning how ordinary people are positioned within this structure—and how they should confront that reality.


“Techniques of Deception”

Promises are the prologue to deception.
A consumption tax cut—
“an interim summary before summer,” they said.
Every party shouted it amid rising prices.
This is the result of that chorus.
No excuses needed at the register,
yet delays proceed with leisure,
putting on the act of progress.

Once parliament convenes, numbers take command.
Priorities are written in small letters.
A cunning technique once used by former Prime Minister Abe—
boldly declared as a legacy to be inherited,
so vigilance is required.
Inconvenient promises are postponed,
“we are considering it” becomes the stock phrase.

Drunk on landslide victory,
they stand at the peak of euphoria.
There is no shortage of things they want to do.
Before the frothy excitement cools, they move.
When will it cool?—that must be watched.
Until then, how long can they entice through deception?
This sense of timing is the exquisite technique.

In the end, ordinary people have little choice
but to bear the weight of oppression.
Expectations wither and fade.
How do we face a reality that staggers aimlessly?
For now, let us say—
we shall observe their performance.

 

 


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