The illogical overuse of superlatives
by politicians from Micheal Gove to Donald Trump,
and many shades of politician in between in public speech.
Such language is hailed as 'bold and 'inventive'
by their followers, whilst it is actually nonsense on stilts.
The misuse of these superlatives renders language
so meaningless and banal and so turns off the listener
capacity for reason that I dare not quote any examples
for fear of boring the reader into a submission
where their mind goes blank and I am responsible.
We can all find out own examples and silence them
before they numb us into a state of not being able to listen.
by politicians from Micheal Gove to Donald Trump,
and many shades of politician in between in public speech.
Such language is hailed as 'bold and 'inventive'
by their followers, whilst it is actually nonsense on stilts.
The misuse of these superlatives renders language
so meaningless and banal and so turns off the listener
capacity for reason that I dare not quote any examples
for fear of boring the reader into a submission
where their mind goes blank and I am responsible.
We can all find out own examples and silence them
before they numb us into a state of not being able to listen.
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