Political Apathy

pollution

greed rewards the ruling class that starves us to the bone
and cities rise from concrete lies, as earth protectors moan.

when tyrants use prosperity to kill our sacred songs,
a nation’s best are buried ‘neath a mountain built of wrongs.

huddled there below the rubble, dust has sealed our cave.
rescue dogs scent stagnant breeze for champions to save.

before you is your slice of life, a sweetness you forgot,
while dying on your idle tongue exotic textures rot.

surrender is an easy path seen from your cozy crypt,
yet railing up against the fates insures that scales are tipped.

rise from the place we supplicate before the sands run out.
stand soundly on our sturdy legs, our backs unbent and stout.

be roots that lay in earth’s embrace sown from our sacred grains
and water them with coursing streams that are our Mother’s veins.

 

© 2017 Paula Yoder

Public Domain Photo

 

Sure his life was much better before

“It’s absolutely true that all presidents express — privately and then, eventually, publicly — some level of longing for the life they left behind or the life they will return to. But that usually happens after, say, seven or eight years in the White House. Not after 99 days.

 

Donald Trump sounds like he really misses not being president

 


 

Sure his life was much better before
but he reckoned how much he could score;
such a small sacrifice
for a generous slice
of America’s pie at his door.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 4/29/17

 

Being President’s so much more work

“Trump, who spent years in the public limelight as a billionaire real estate magnate and reality television star, also lamented the lack of privacy in his new life as the country’s most prominent public servant.”

 

Trump: I thought presidency
would be ‘easier’ than ‘previous life’

Politico

 


 

Being President’s so much more work
than he thought but he’ll relish each perk
and build on his wealth
with circuitous stealth
while flaunting an arrogant smirk.

© Lily Beth Baker, 2017