Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, and the terrible tale of power

Some say, forgive them,

that Amber Heard,

or misheard,

mutually abused

that jolly pirate rogue.

I don't buy that.

If I bought that,

I'd have to conclude that Ukraine

mutually attacked

the Russian invaders.

One must not hit back, you know.

Take it quietly.

Think of England, or Putin. Something.

Just deal with it.

But in the plays of power

that's the narrative that sustains.

Shit stains on the bed (disproven),

for some,

proof she had it coming.

Millions in Gaza displaced,

their homes taken away,

their schools and hospitals razed.

Yet mere stones and miscellaneous rockets,

against the missiles and air defences,

brand the abused the aggressors

according to the oppressors.

That's the poison of power,

this narrative that's hard to shake.

And so the the popular opinion rests

with the one they like to think

is their funny, pirate friend.

The other?

At her wits' end.

"And you dare to call me a terrorist,

while you look down your gun,

and I think of all the deeds that you have done.

You have plundered many nations,

divided many lands,

you have terrorised their people,

you ruled with an iron hand

and you brought this reign of terror

to my land."