She Finally Lets Down Her Guard
She turns on the tv:
Death smiles back at her again,
Cannily, comfortably.
The face of the so-called expert on the tv screen
Suddenly breaks into a ferral canine smile.
He is momentarily bug-eyed,
His tongue lolls
As he laughs along with his fellow so-called
Experts appearing on the warmongering, corporate,
Mainstream, so-called news-gabfest panel.
In another world, it would, just as easily, be me there,
Would, just as easily, be almost anyone,
Instead of this all-too human man,
Shamelessly running, for cash and fame, pitfalls against
Humanity, through deadly cathode trees
Invisible for the deadly cathode forest.
Copyright © Gary Onderisin | Year Posted 2017
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