Just an old metal-head at heart, I heard some lyrics thrashing about in my brain when I combined the Weekend Writing Prompt- illumination and the Weekly Prompts Photo Challenge- comparison. Let the headbanging begin.
Word Count: 73
Illuminate the lunacy
Crumble the conspiracy
Contagious by comparison
Dominate the denizen
Incarcerate the innocent
Deify the deviant
Desecrate by decadence
Propagate the petulance
Damn your ears- hear nothing they say
Sew closed your eyes- before you can’t look away
Cut out your tongue- lest their words you speak
Strengthen your arms- as they scapegoat the weak!
Let their own lies ensnare them-
Predator become prey
When actions condemn
Turnabout is fair play
Thru Violet's Lentz 
OH, and I do know the Photo Challenge was looking for photos not lyrics, but I’m pulling my creative license card and using the word anyway, with proper credit for inspiration of course..
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Ooh this a little dark, but I do like it. I can never stick to a word count, so well done. Thank you for linking to us at Weekly Prompts. We have good imaginations, we don’t need your photos so please don’t worry about that. No rules, anything goes! 🙂
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Thank you Sue. I Just wanted to use your word and thought credit was due whether I posted Photos or not.
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Very nice to meet you and thank you Violet. Please feel free to link anytime, either to our word prompts or to the photo challenges, like we said anything goes. 🙂
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Excellent. I do like assonance and alliteration, and you’ve certainly sewn it.
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Two words: Go Mueller!
Although I think your words are more universal than present concerns, I pictured the sand dials as being the four year variety. I will hang on and keep voting. I might be reading more or less into this than intended, but well done
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Who’s Mueller? This is just lyrics to a Heavy Metal song no one but me ever wrote….. But I’m glad it carries your angst for whom ever he is… Thanks for stopping by.
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I was projecting your poem onto the current Trumpian bent to American politics, your lyrics describe so much of what is happening here. My “Go Mueller” cheer was a little hope that independent counsel Robert Mueller might be allowed to continue his careful work and bring so many of the lies to light. This was just my particular lens just now. Do you have music to go with this? A little thrash or warrior punk would fit it perfectly.
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I don’t have any music, but being a less than reformed headbanger I can hear it just the same.
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I’d say this is a bit of a cheat as the word was “illumination” and not “illuminate” – which is so much easier to use! 😉
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You very well could be right, but in keeping with the genre in which it was written IDGAF …. I’m winking too, I just don’t have emoji’s on my computer.
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LOL! Good for you, Violet!! I shoulda put my big girl pants on and NGAFE…
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The rhythm here is very distinct! I could definitely hear a bit of thrash in the background when I read it.
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Awesome poetry
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in a totally 80’s headbanger kind of way….
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