Picking My Own Kind of Slapstick

Every treaty they make 
makes to cheat me
to
dislocate me 
from my
territory

and on the plains
it is so plain to see
that a treaty's not
worth
diddly squat.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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February 6, 2018 at 3:19 PM
Oh sharp one! Potent and succinct. Fabulous.
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