James Moore Poet Narrative

Tooth and Nail

As the New Year is almost upon us
It’s becoming clear just how rotten 
The smiling face of our nation is,
So what better time 
To set it straight.

Everywhere you look waste, fraud and abuse
Overflows, as it has for many decades,
But now that the Somali day-care fraud 
Is being unearthed, 
Not only are the molars seen as totally rotten,
But the gums gingivitis infected as well,
To the extent all the teeth 
Now need to be pulled.

And where does that leave US?
Toothless and sore and helplessly vulnerable,
And yet we’d still be alive.
Which is more than it will be 
If we don’t root out the rot
Tooth and nail.

(12/28/25)

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