As Night the Day

Do your politics define you…
  are your views then left or right?

Does the axe you grind cut sharp and clean
  or tear into the night?

Do the precepts that you claim to own
  just end up owning you?

Is every word what you believe
  —and to thine self be true?

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Gauthier Avatar
January 9, 2019 at 8:35 PM
Very clever, Kurt. Love it.
Behm Avatar
January 9, 2019 at 8:48 PM
Thanks
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