No Longer the World
Everything changes; life rearranges
The way that, for years, things would be.
We go with the flow, for what we used to know
Is no longer the world we can see.
It isn’t just age, for when people engage
With each other, the way that they act
Seems more crude and imbued with a mean attitude
That is lacking in manners and tact.
Such negative views, like I read in the news,
Filters down from the leader in charge
And the toadies, like sheep, scared of making a peep,
Think their boot-licking helps them loom large.
While we wait and debate, all this free-floating hate
Forms a coating that makes us all numb.
Though I won’t be around, maybe hope will abound
In the years and elections to come.
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