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Banana Republic Appeal

Peel back the onion tear squeals coming from a televised live politico lynch rally See the sound byte rubber duckie teflon touting his favorite effigy combustible hits Penguin strutting presidential seal got a billy goat attitude, kicking rude gutter alley A moving goalpost sway dis plucky, sour spouting his most edgy, nitroglycerin lip obits Give an Orwellian mad props shout out to this Banana Republic appeal It’s got plenty of Hammedetha hate, swastika love Bent cross rules trolling tropic yellow fever Rabid delirious cold sweat vanilla doubt, fascist hope has a death toll knell It’s got bundles of blitzkrieg love, Haman hate Coin bossed tools pull on the hangman’s lever Banana Republic appeal got a filthy lucre piggy publican feel Roman togas behind the keel steering wheel, Caesars wanton more red dollar bills Two thousand fraudulent, furrowed years, crucified cries dripping with Diaspora tears Banana Republic appeal ... Legionnaire monkeyshine hurt, skeleton bones sabertooth rattle toss a high yellow alert Alien fear don’t have to gun tote yield, power corrupts when a Balaam wields Scimitar curved insides swinging sling blade serrated hate Dividing every Canary gripe state Carny barker razor edge spit, spiked with Herod care, lung pour Raid the Dixie klear kup of Kool-Aid Banana Republic appeal ... heady void, thoughtless swill Pendulum arc bullet shot is a guillotine drop done deal

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 10/29/2018 3:44:00 PM
Your style is unbelievable...and wording out of this world...Still impressed...All the best Freddie
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Date: 10/29/2018 2:31:00 PM
Another sharp-edged poem filled with creative metaphor, Freddie! Hats Off Sir!
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