Hindsight is 2025

Deck the halls with gold
and whitewash society
erase the bonds of culture 
and that unfitting history
focus on how pretty 
your teenage bride will be.

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americapoliticalrhyme

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Danny Derden

Date: 9/19/2025 5:01:00 PM

Your poem is haunting and incisive, wielding satire with precision. The juxtaposition of festive imagery and cultural critique is chillingly effective. You’ve captured a dystopian mood with stark clarity—each line a mirror held up to power. Keep writing; your voice is unflinching and vital.

I Am Anaya

Date: 9/11/2025 11:58:00 AM

Through the madness you've developed a sage perception as usual! God help us xXHugs

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 9/11/2025 9:17:00 PM

Madness indeed! Poetry purely coping mechanism for me these days. Thank you lovely. Hugs! xomo

Duke Beaufort

Date: 9/4/2025 8:48:00 AM

Maureen, you highlight the cultural decline that seems in vogue right now for some. Thanks so much for keeping a topic like this in the spotlight! Smiles!!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 9/5/2025 5:40:00 AM

It’s absolutely dizzying the trickle of insanity (for lack of a better term) the news cycle is spewing. Cray cray ;), xomo!

Eileen Manassian

Date: 8/19/2025 8:29:00 PM

You got me with with that catchy title, and you pulled me in with the truth of your words. It's a crazy time America is going through. You nailed it with this poem. Blessings.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 8/27/2025 5:58:00 AM

Thank you lovely. The world watches with bated breath. Margaret Atwood fiction shoulda stayed fiction. Sending hugs your way. xomo

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/19/2025 8:14:00 AM

Brilliant. Love it...and you. xoxox

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 8/27/2025 5:55:00 AM

Hugs. Warm fuzzies too. xomo

Robert Warlov

Date: 8/18/2025 9:06:00 PM

"Have you noticed that the older you get, the younger your girlfriends get? Soon you'll be dating sperm". - Mitch Robbins ~ "City Slickers"

Robert Warlov
Date: 8/24/2025 7:33:00 AM

But I hold dear those existing diminutive wellsprings of sanity (of which yours is one), to absorb and replicate our harmonic voices, the noble aspirations of our global community finding grace enough to secure our faith in mankind’s victorious future and I extend this call to all who cherish Democracy & The Common Good.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart
Date: 8/19/2025 4:52:00 AM

Lol! Thrilled by your visit Robert, thank you! xomo