Duke Beaufort Poet Limerick

Ode To Now

America First is our creed
Let’s use all we can at warp speed
It’s great when we play
And make foreigners pay 
While from any debt we get freed.

One person alone can consume
A few things in a big stockroom
But acting en masse
Generates greenhouse gas
As an off-the-books toxic plume

While this crisis might us annoy
Hate adds considerable joy
Disease and famine
Are fun like backgammon
And entertain the hoi-polloi

Poison water and land does create 
Strange meals to eat and hydrate
It’s not much concern
Since our goal to discern
Is a country made again great?

It makes us feel safe after all
The structure we worship that’s tall
Since immigrants scare
Private water and air
Need tombstones arranged as a wall.

Two chains in our DNA linked
Give humans a code quite distinct
But with a god’s mind
We’ve become strangely blind
To who’s next to end up extinct

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Andrea Dietrich July 9, 2021 at 2:45 PM so true, Duke. Great reading you again and thanks for your kind words on my poem! Duke Beaufort July 14, 2021 at 6:53 AM You are very sweet! You do so much of the heavy lifting here.

Smita Kulkarni July 7, 2021 at 1:23 PM You are so right Duke!! Duke Beaufort July 7, 2021 at 2:17 PM TY Smita. It's unbelievable, but there is a lack of acceptance of the real world. It's a shame since it could be like paradise for all. It just takes the right attitude and a willingness to share.

Pashang Salehi July 6, 2021 at 6:47 PM I like it ... I like it ... I like it... Duke I will follow you even to Beaufort. Duke Beaufort July 7, 2021 at 11:04 AM So kind you are! I had fun writing this one, but it also saddens me that so many people (especially in this land) don't understand the basic tenets of humanity. It's strange and I suppose funny on some level except that it hurts a lot of people.

Lindsay Laurie July 6, 2021 at 6:31 PM G’day Duke … haven’t seen you on here for a while and you’ve come back with a beaut set of limericks, but who will heed the warnings - well done Duke - Lindsay Duke Beaufort July 7, 2021 at 10:41 AM Lindsay, you are most kind, and you are right--of course. It's basic human nature for most to just think short term. That is really too bad, as the blowback from past mistakes can be devastating and we have hurt so many.

Jan Allison July 6, 2021 at 11:49 AM excellent ink Duke so good to see you back you have been missed:) hugs jan xx Duke Beaufort July 7, 2021 at 10:39 AM Thanks Jan, it means a lot coming from you. You have a great gift for humor and friendship. I have been devoting my creative energy to my employer, who it turns out is very needy.