POLITICS
By Merlinda C. Bobis
the blind are showing movies
in the plaza
so the deaf are gathering
in the plaza
so the mute can debate
in the plaza
the fate
of one beloved nation
Plaza is where politicians would go to persuade voters. In the poem Politics by Merlinda C.
Bobis, I think the narrator thinks that politicians are the blinds who can’t really see the real
problem of the nation, the people are the ones who are just there to gather but not to listen on
these politicians. And the mute are the ones who debate, these are the people who are critical
on the politicians’ persuasion in the plaza, they are the people who needs to be heard but sadly
they are the ones who can’t speak. This poem shows that what happens on the plaza may
define the future of the country.