Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

I Looked in America's Mirror Tonight

    I looked in America’s mirror tonight
    What I saw was only left or right
       Reflecting a nation irreparably divided
       With no desire to again be united

    I longed for a touch, just a touch, of awareness
    An admission that ‘I might once have been wrong’
        What I witnessed was unbridled aggression
        From each side, a fiercely combative song   

    I searched for a hint of humility
    A confession: ‘Maybe I don’t have all the solutions’
        What I beheld was feisty defiance
        Candidates lip-syncing dubious science 

   I hungered for clear answers to questions
   A yes that’s a yes, a no that’s a no
       What I heard was ‘MY agenda is what to invest in’
       Implied was ‘To hell’s where YOUR question can go…’

    I looked in America’s mirror tonight
    silently praying for some kind of light
       What looked back was darkling belligerence 
       accompanied by saber-rattling dissonance

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Regina Elliott September 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM Excellent penning, Gershon. The division of America continues. If someone literally took a shot at me while I was on a rally stage, I sure would be hesitant to get back on another stage, grazed ear or not. Trump's got guts. Shalom.

Joseph P. DiMino September 11, 2024 at 8:15 AM How about that phony debate last night...3 against one?! Give it time to settle. After a few days, Trump will pull ahead even further in the polls, despite the lying, fawning conspiring Marxist sympathizing media. ABC was disgraceful. The public is not as stupid as they think. Trump took a public whipping for all of us...and it will show in the polls to his favor. Give it a few more days. And Truth will prevail. Joseph P. DiMino September 11, 2024 at 12:15 PM Yep, he could have said a lot more...but he was kept off topic by having to continually defend himself against lies told by Harris and the Moderators, fact checking him during the debate, reinforcing false internet News Propaganda. It was a coordinated effort, undoubtedly rehearsed by Harris and ABC. Disgraceful. Hey, this guy has been put through hell for America, over the past 8 years -- considering all that abuse, he is still a strong man. A lot more he could have said...but he came off as genuine, and Harris as a greatly rehearsed insincere phony, which she is. Give it a week or so, and what seems like a defeat for Trump will turn into a poll victory. The public is not as stupid as Democrats think. Gershon Wolf September 11, 2024 at 11:20 AM 'Trump took a public whipping alright.' Fair enough and so true... Still and all, he should have kept the heat up on Commie Kamala on Afghanistan, and taken her to the cleaners on her $25,000 mortgage assistance proposal, which will just increase housing demand, sending housing prices even higher! Keep smiling, Gershon Joseph P. DiMino September 11, 2024 at 8:35 AM To further illustrate -- you are old enough not to have forgotten basic American tenets. Back to our baseball days, in an honest competition, Americans always root for, come to the aid of the under dog. These Marxist morons forget that, or have never learned the nature and spirit of true American Exceptionalism.