(The world is all that is the case – Wittgenstein)

This politician fakes his photograph:
sidelights of certainty assume his face.
(World is whatever ought to be the case)

The smile is cryptic, like a signature,
telling us nothing, representing wit.
(World is exactly what he makes of it).

He sends his soldiers to relieve the poor.
and has no ear for grief a world away.
(World is the price their freedom has to pay).

This is the face that frames reality -
we are the masters, you may need or bleed.
(World is our premise: now, shall we proceed?)