danish folktale in america…

the brown bag prophet
sat comfortably
underneath
an autumn colored
maple tree
reading
a summary
about
the attempted
january insurrection
when he giggled
i asked
what’s so funny
about
such criminal behavior
smiling
and
shrugging his shoulders
he said
who would have
ever
thought
that the story
of
the emperor’s new clothes
would become
an allegory
for a nation’s
political history

by any other name…

though
they
walk the halls
of
congress
as
representatives
of
the people
we typically
find them
enaging
agreeing
or
offering to engage
in
dubious
conduct
and
behavior
in
return
for
a fee
if they walked
the streets
they’d be
called
something else

response to ransom note…

if one breaks the law
the law must be enforced
if not there’s no law
we cannot let mobs rule us
for then democracy dies

 

 

bicameral…

deserted chambers
the walls destroyed from within
believe in nothing
for traitors are everywhere
they’ll say some comforting words
while stealing your life’s freedom

 

 

kiss from the devil…

with the same
sincerity
as
oscar brown’s
signifyin’ monkey
republicans
said
we should
move on
in
the spirit
of
national unity
as well as
kiss
and
make up
forgetting
the insurrection
and
those
national terrorists
who
were emboldened
to
storm the castle
of
democracy
by
the white house wizard
dolos
and
his political apprentices
who together
created
a copy
lady liberty
but
one could say
they ran out of clay
well
votes really
but that’s not the point
for now
all
should be forgotten
and
no doubt
their next proposal
will be
we should
drink the kool-aid

 

guide to hell…

like
whores
posing
with
nighttime
pay-by-the-hour
customers
the
insurrectionists
paused
their coup d’état
to
stop
and
take
selfies
in
the capital rotunda
like
al-qaeda terrorists
posing
with
the decapitated heads
of
nude children
unfurling
their venomous flags
of
ignorance
and
hate
as
their toxic breaths
attempted to poison
the air
of
democracy
while
their demigod
leader
hid safely
away
from
the battle
and
as always
took
no responsibility
for
the actions
he
had guided