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Two Eyes

Everyone is upset these days
Trump it seems
is being obscene
rude to Ukraine
some say is insane

but really, really?
now it matters?
not a peep about Genocide Joe
thousands of children
dead by bombs signed
by smirking American leaders

One eye is open
the other eye completely closed

What Russia does a little to Ukraine
USA does, times by thousands more
to a people whose land was stolen
silence
		utter silence

Colonialism, you still love it.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Beaufort Avatar
March 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Arthur you're on target with this....I had written something with a bit of sarcasm more than a decade ago in response to the hysteria after terrorism surfaced in the US. People refuse to understand how blowback works and how our viciousness ultimately comes back to us. A suicide bomber can kill / Kamakazis did with a thrill / When innocents die / From our bombs on high / It's OK...we missed...so just chill
Pigeon Tart Avatar
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hear hear. xomo
Vaso Avatar
March 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Thank you Maureen, you have no idea how much appreciated.
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