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Well, its Primary Election day here in Massachusetts.  Nuff said.....

Primary Deflections

Those who tell us to be NICE
aren’t
they shout their PC gospel
in your face
while admonishing you for
your rebuttal
They accost each other
like third graders
left alone in the
school yard
and
when cornered
by a simple inquiry
point wildly
SHOUTING
“He/She started it”
for
they cannot abide
the sound
of one hand clapping
insist on offering
validation
of the absurd
with their inanely
unrelated
talking points
they have not learned
that
“sound bites”
leave teeth marks
on the rational
of acquiescent
assemblages
that
wildly waving arms
and grimaces
only serve to remind us
of crazy
Uncle Charlie
and since
we cannot call
a duck - a duck
we nod
purse our lips
look at the list
of cloned clown
candidates
hesitantly pull
the lunacy lever
sadly place the
I VOTED
sticker
in our pocket
having exercised
our RIGHT
our PRIVILEGE
to vote


John G. Lawless
©9/4/2018
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Wood Avatar
September 4, 2018 at 12:24 PM
Pray, tell us how you really feel John. A great rant!
Pigeon Tart Avatar
September 4, 2018 at 9:14 AM
Another vote for demo~crazy ;) Thank gawd for poetry, lest we go mad.
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