The Devil Alive and Well
They are dying
in the gutters of China,
welded into apartment cages –
children dismembered from the
arms of pleading mothers,
protesters pushed back by tanks~
oh well, a few get squashed...
too many people anyway,
environmentalists are silent
in agreement –
a complicit US media, those
flamboyant parrots with jeweled
wings, spouting government's lingo,
having gladly exchanged crumbly crackers
for meaty bones, expendable and not their
concern – not a meaningful word
from the Biden administration, Joe,
himself, a parrot of sorts – a facsimile
of what once appeared human, the devil
in his election. US Corporations
wanting China contracts, China's
digital to replace the buck, when
the American People wake up one
morning, the banks saying, you are
totally out of luck – Fortunes being made
from munitions, war mongers telling
fools they are necessary nutritions,
Hollywood yet worshiping the God
of their mirrors, bronzed and perfectly
symmetrical, to one another passing out
golden calf awards...the Devil alive
and well.
Copyright © Joe Dimino | Year Posted 2022
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