Oklahoma June Twenty-Three
Oklahoma June Twenty-Three
The King stood up
from his throne…
his people cheered
when he mocked the peons.
His words
spilled out over the hordes
spraying them with a deadly mist of lies.
They cheered his insanity and
waved flags of ignorance then
went home to die.
The king prayed for them
with his upside-down bible and
mocked the soothsayers.
He will reign down on the world and
leave us with nothing but…
Who knows?
Tony Sexton
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Yes indeed a poem we need to read. Like your choice of language, words and sarcasm-his “upside-down bible” “spraying them with a deadly mist of lies”
now if only we can come back alive-and create a democracy of the people by the people for the people-of which there are apparently few who want to be part of the people to force the change.
Yes, Cleo, opening eyes might make a difference.
great force behind this Tony — I shuddered, and laughed.