posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 20
Per the Sunday Scribblings prompt, “My first act as queen will be…”
Two leaders currently batting about inflammatory talk of “World War III:”
I’d have them stand
face-to-face,
those war-mongering
blustering fools
always threatening
to blow each other up,
yet hiding behind rhetoric
that fuels the fire.
A certain “relevant” president:
Sit down for a chat
with the residents of New Orleans
who lost their homes
and all their worldly possessions
and explain why
the richest country in the world
failed to help
despite all those (empty) promises.
Talk to that young baby-faced boy
on the plane bound for Cairo;
tell him why he has to travel
three days to a foreign oil rig
to find work
because the hurricane took
his business and his family’s livelihood
and no aid was forthcoming.
What reason will you give
to that young mother
as her child is turned away
from a hospital emergency room
because you vetoed a bill
designed to help low income families
get health insurance:
yet another child left behind?
Tell the American people
why you set out to bend
or ignore the Constitution
while you and your cronies
indulge in nefarious acts
and repeatedly break the law
in the guise of protection,
while trampling on our rights.
Brash personalities on a faux news channel:
They’d discover the sting
of words meant to wound
the spirit and destroy lives
in the name of television ratings.
They’d learn how it hurts
to fall victim to falsehoods
designed to smear their name
and destroy their livelihood.
When they opened their mouths
nothing would come out
but sweetness and light
and all their compatriots
who claim to report news,
but prefer igniting controversy
would turn away in horror
and refuse to listen.
Photo of graffiti on a waterfront warehouse fence in York, England.
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