Symptomatic folly,
the tail now wags the dog
Whose bark, it whimper’s drolly,
all teeth removed and gone
Reacting, never acting,
new victims every day
All courage has retracted
—the future in harms way
Jailed speech unto the warden,
mere words may not contend
Our patriotic burden,
its truth we must defend
With cowards grabbing power,
a swamp that we must cross
Lies from ivory towers
—to fell at any cost
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Categories:
drolly, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Symptomatic folly,
the tail now wags the dog
Whose bark, it whimper’s drolly,
all teeth removed and gone
Reacting, never acting,
new victims every day
All courage has retracted,
—the future in harms way
Jailed speech unto the warden,
whose words may not contend
Our patriotic burden,
its truth we must defend
With cowards grabbing power,
a swamp that we must cross
Lies from ivory towers,
—to fell at any cost
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
Categories:
drolly, freedom, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
they fall upon me, each bent on doing harm
I fight them, for what I know now, as my life
kicking, stomping, flailing, smashing
their fury only increased by the affront
of my fruitless attempts to obstruct them
this angry little mob, of angry little men
a voice rings out, a clarion in the dark
that briefly piques their bleak interest
shouting, calling, warning, admonishing
it falls weakly on their deafened ears
pausing just to raise derisive laughs
and their assurances to "keep it down"
awakening to a doctor's droning voice
drolly noting each fracture and contusion
defensive wound, defensive wound...
as he dictates the inventory of my defeat
all I can think of is that voice in the dark
demanding some "peace and quiet, damn it"
Categories:
drolly, violence,
Form: Free verse