the short poem

The short poem There was a time when writing poetry  was important to say something, using a few words Long poems were frowned upon as a beginning of a manuscript He used to be a communist, as his mother was one Communism, like unbridled capitalism, hates  free speech, want a restriction on what to express unless it is in favor of the regime To be any good at isms, one needs passion and  hatred against those who do not succumb to the norm the standard set not to upset the powerful He gets angry seeing injustices and says, but he is lucky for him, he is too small to be noticed he prefers to use irony, which is easier to get away  with as those in power lack humor He does not believe in ideology or creed for him  it is hokum, a snare for the gullible  Years have made him wary of governments of any description because they tend to be led by people who lacks a long view led by the intoxication of money and power