The answer hit me while I pondered an intriguing juxtaposition in
Haiku Poems: Grip (For Samantha) | Poet Rummager
that inspired me to write a haiku:
Squids and Scribblers
Squids squirt ink to flee.
Writers also (sometimes), but
often to confront.
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Long after Martin Luther’s time, fundamental institutions have yet again strayed from their missions and been corrupted. Of course, people write (and mesh their words with images) very differently now. Writers depend on the media (rather than a trip to the hardware store) to nail things to doors. But if U listen carefully, U can still hear hammering.
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Mellow Curmudgeon 
I enjoyed the political twist in your re-blog or should I say, “squid pro quo.” 😆 No one can take apart my Haiku as diligently as you do and then put it back together in the most unique and thought provoking way. I’m honored by your pings.
Ink from a squid clouds the water and confuses the prey, yet the ink from writers are meant to make something much clearer. I do love your pen, Mel — it gives your brilliant brain the vehicle to launch your thousand ships.
Can’t we have you as president instead of the low brow, single digit IQ dotard with which we currently are cursed? I know Martin Luther would agree with me. By the way, that hammering you hear is actually the human race pounding their heads in disgust and frustration.
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Gotta find an excuse to use “squid pro quo” somewhere!
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Well noted. You, in turn, have inspired me.
Writers squirting ink
to flee often run into
ungloved fists of Truth.
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