One Thing

To change one thing
Is to change everything

To change power
so it does not corrupt
Is to rewrite history
Is to turn back time
and undo everything
from the very beginning
to the very end

To make power a thing that
cannot corrupt humans
Is to erase years of pain
and death and horror
from the very abyssal
depths of the collective
human conscience
Is to make things that
were so
not so
Is to strip away millions
of things that humans use
to define their identities

To make the corrupt
incorruptible
Is to redefine leadership
Is to reformat government
Is to remake all political systems
Whether real or pretend

To change power
so it does not corrupt
Is to change everything

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