Annihilation of Abstractions

The golliwog transfixes abstract fear.
Pure hate is subject to Iago when
The actor moves. Caress, embrace, and then
A new Symposium need not be near.
A candidate may televise. You hear
“Clean government” and “patriotic men”:
Such phrases come from anybody’s pen.
You see a corner of his mouth make clear
A lack of correspondence. So believe
The senses. Truth is tangible. And tone
And gesture swiftly heard and seen betray
The hour-long declamations which deceive
Their instrument. The scrambled words alone
On paper cannot either do or say.