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When Poetry Soup becomes infested with partisan rubbish, 
It will be difficult for liberal, creative poets, like me to flourish 
Who seek a safe place away from the maddening ignorance 
Of those people who continually despise political difference 
For those who are angry and want to say the nastiest things 
Do you have any idea what hurt your insatiable blather brings? 

For some who don’t consider me a red-blooded American patriot, 
I fought for the U.S. of A. in uniform when you were still just a tot! 
I would rather die on the altar of honor than continually be castigated 
By followers of a “wannabe” dictator who every day prevaricated 
And sought to drag our country down into the muck and mire 
Continues, to this day, stoking his sycophants’ hatred with fire.

Selecting a political putdown of President Joseph Biden for Poem of the Day 
Was surely inappropriate if Poetry Soup administrators wish to say 
The site maintains neutrality when it comes to political discourse 
It encouraged poets, in their remarks, to choose up sides, of course 
Anger and vitriol hurled toward us who are of more left-leaning mind 
Will likely now become commonplace for those who are not so inclined. 

Frankly, I despise clicking on a poem I think will be worth reading 
Only to find, instead, an anti-American tirade of invective leading 
To put-downs against our president, the vice-president, and first lady 
Half-truths and conspiracy theories that, for the most part, are shady 
If you are unhappy with the free and fair election that turned out your man 
Then, every chance you get, go vote and change the system, if you can! 

Our country is not, I think we’d all agree, a perfect democracy 
We have lots of problems and crises – that's plain to see, but, 
We now have a leader who cares about doing what is right 
A man, who in short-order, is ready, committed, and willing to fight. 
I have travelled the world over, north and south, east and west 
Freedom to flourish in America is head and shoulders above the rest! 


Written:  April 4, 2021 (edited)

Awarded Poem of the Day on Poetry Soup
April 5, 2021

#38 on Best New Poems on Poetry Soup
April 6, 2021
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