Snafu
S ituation
N ormal
A ll
F ouled
U p
Everyone in the chain of command
is passing the buck
From the president on down,
they’re covering their butt
Pentagon pencil-heads are working the phones,
trying to get a handle on the toilet situation ...
barking orders in their normal gruff intonation
All hands on decks for political damage control;
but somebody fouled off the pitch,
and let the media catch wind of the stumble
News travel fast ... so sultan swatting spherical,
public got those antennae ear gloves up
on their private carrier satellite dish cable
Up the brass chain of command,
they say everything is copacetic cool
Fouled communication compromised
has been breach settled old school
All the fallen dominos state secrets
are safely in code encrypted contain
Normal operations got the green light go,
covert missions stay exactly the same
Situation Room decisions got a bit stressed,
piles of confusion was such a steamy hot mess
B ut now, black-ops
c an again be the top-secret cops
In the present,
you
just have to trust that
later
screw-ups,
maybe
won’t be whiskey fatal ... no nuclear overturned short cups
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2018
Post Comments
Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.
Please
Login
to post a comment