November 3, 2019 by slpmartin

money changers and dove salesmen…

sadness
has become
a
national
tradition
tears
are shed
as
we leave
our beds
and
confront
yet
another day
of
inhumanity
while
global warming
warnings
go
unheeded
and
death’s children
bleed
from war’s wounds
many
before
they leave
a woman’s womb
but
barnum and bailey citizens
applaud
the empty promises
made
by
word juggling
political clowns
that
unholy
heartless
unappeasable
slanderous
cult of charlatans
charlatans
of
little
real
biblical renown
but
quite capable
when
easing coins
from
unsuspecting devotees
of
blind ignorance
devotees
when provided
with
some form of
traditional
pavlovian
stimuli
like
make america great again
begin
to do
in blackface
a steppin’ and fetchin’ routine
that would
make
hitler proud
such
a lovely praying
lynch mob
makes one
want
to go back
to bed
and
start all over again
dreaming
that things
will change
the next day

October 14, 2018 by slpmartin

and they said the circus was dead…

boastful rhetoric
as good as
pt barnum’s
spews forth
from
washington
carnival cadences
attracting
and
distracting
american schmucks
to and from
the
sideshow freaks
freaks
of
every sort
from
congressional leaders
to
supreme court judges
all the while
the ringmaster clown
with
orange hair
and
skin
provides ample
subterfuge
to relieve
the nation
of
its wallet
simple
duplicity
the flag
being waved
with one hand
while
the other
does the deed
necessary
for
personal
and
family gain
oh
inside the big top
there are three rings
of
non stop entertainment
encompassing
the whole
of
government
you’re
free to enter
all
with
the right pass
but
please note
that
some areas
of the circus complex
are
restricted
and
have been marked
with
red lights
to
denote
family
living quarters