America, the Center Did Not Hold

AMERICA, THE CENTER DID NOT HOLD The center, woe the center Are we surprised it did not hold Not even in America And if the truth be told When the two twin towers toppled We were stunned aggrieved and hurt Long gone the days of minute men No one to sound a swift alert With eyes wide open still so blind We failed to recognize How much 'covid' would reek havoc Right before our very eyes Relentless in its progress Devastating all it touched No army couldn't stop it Even if one bothered much Still we dallied on so docile Till an enemy within Ripped and ravaged through the White house Bent on murder and revenge Men compliant and acceptant Eyes fixed on money, power, fame No thought for country, without conscious Doubly dying, soil their name. -Reta Pruitt PS (There still are 'men with souls so dead') -from 'THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY'