Truly
*** Truly? ***
As Trump continues trying to explain,
And science will truly someday
Get it right to prove:
That life is a matter of enchantment,
That mirrors do know
Who is the fairest of them all;
That any “Save the Earth” green
Movement is voiced by the devil,
Because it’s his realm afterall
And the Earth is here to be destroyed;
That children should be kept only out
on the streets
For real education results
From experience not in schools;
That the 2 percent of our population
Is fantastically correct to loudly
Raise arguments against all vaccines
In every issue from poetry to polio;
That conspiracy theorists are actually
Correct to demand the Earth is flat
(Have you been to the edge
to know otherwise?) and
That the moon has had settlements
Of aliens for eons (even with grazing cows);
And, that burning literature out of
school libraries
Will end indecency and lies
To finally return some morality to society.
Truth to policy…let us admit
Authentic democracy is a matter
For the few who know
As determined by the even fewer able to
keep their wealth in foreign banks
Far from the alabaster city’s gleam
And the fruited plains to be seen
from shore to shore.
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(c) sally young eslinger 2/16/22
Copyright © Sally Eslinger | Year Posted 2022
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