Anthony Bianco Poet Free verse

Red and Yellow Tape

Yellow tape
circling a house
a community 
a sinking city
wrapping around 
a country
the earth
the heart of the
universe.

Red tape
slapped over the mouths of 
citizens
politicians
presidents
prophets and priests
artists and athletes
red and yellow tape wrapped 
around the throat of hope...
mothers burying sons
over turf -cheap dope-religion-greed
warlords- cartels - dictators-rogue holy men
sitting on thrones of red and yellow tape
it's always the same plan
silence the masses
with red and yellow tape...

You know what they say
red on yellow will bury a fellow.

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Panagiota Romios October 22, 2019 at 3:23 AM Can't believe Poets don't get this one!! It's reality, folks. Hello? Anybody home? Nah, too busy we are, We love monarch butterflies and have stars for brains? Glad you reads are up.they were low for a while, dude. Chicago Panagiots to say thank you for writing on reality.