Sometimes they are left open
there is a purpose in this you see
it's good for what they do
to be sometimes seen
it shows us their power, control, contempt.

So at night the lights are left on,
doors and curtains left open
as if inviting us to go in and look,
as if we could not see enough
from the outside.

But we others have always been that way
shyly moving away from that which
we are fearful to confront,
that's why evil and politics
work so well together.

Now it's time to shut the book.
turn off the lights,
draw the curtains,
sleep well my friends, sleep well.