Don’t touch that dial
A #poem in two parts
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i.
A Bismarck statue broods in stone
beneath worn Berlin’s cast iron skies.
His helmet spike points up alone:
broadcast antenna for truthful lies.
🧵👇🏼
#poemaday #poetry #writing
#Berlin #monochrome #sculpture #statue #photography #poetrysky
A #poem in two parts
—
i.
A Bismarck statue broods in stone
beneath worn Berlin’s cast iron skies.
His helmet spike points up alone:
broadcast antenna for truthful lies.
🧵👇🏼
#poemaday #poetry #writing
#Berlin #monochrome #sculpture #statue #photography #poetrysky
Comments
His user manual was authored by
a Niccolò, a Florentine of florid prose
whose princely guidebook still is plied
by fools’ gold panners in power’s flow.
In our times, Otto’s propaganda play
(in syndication on neural nets)
rides new carriers on the waves
who twist the dials with no regrets.
✋🏼🧵
👁️ A closeup of a stone statue of Otto von Bismarck with a cloudy sky behind
📍 Berlin-Wannsee
📅 9 Nov 2024
📸 Nikon D5600
⚪️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G
🎞️ ISO 320, ƒ11, -0.3 ev, 1/400s
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