REGIME CHANGE STORY
COUNTRYWIDE PTSD
SUCH INSANITY
I RUN THE COUNTRY
CARACAS LAUGHS OH REALLY
JUST TRY US AND SEE
They, who have cheated their way through life,
Who have no knowledge of that which they control,
Who told you everything was so bad,
That only they could fix it all.
They...
Will tell you which medicines you should take,
Which comedians you should laugh at,
Which teachers shall inform your children,
Which persons you may love and trust,
Which generals to take you into war and who to oppose,
Who is suitable to be living amongst you,
Which ignorant fools, out of their friends, shall rule over you,
Which rules are the ones to follow & which to ignore.
You voted for them.
So, now, you must accept them
As the dictators of your lives,
As who determines everything for you,
As your lords & masters.
They will inform you of what is right & wrong,
Of the nature of the imaginary deities you talk to,
When your life becomes unbearable,
Who must suffer and who may live in opulent luxury
And every other aspect of your lives.
Unless....
when fire strips the field
ashes cool on barren lands—
the weeds arrive first
ruthless, quick to seize the space
filling voids with tangled thorns
when goodness is lost
a vacuum fills the heart—
empty hands delayed
cannot fill the space with grace
so cruelty takes its place
the fall of empires
begins with regime collapse
leaving empty void—
tardy freedoms swept away
replaced by quick iron fist
societies fray
when the shared values decay—
trust becomes brittle
complacency cracks resolve
doctrines fail on melting ice
beware silent void
for it demands to be filled—
if no light returns
the shadows gather swiftly
and darkness becomes the law
My vision is hidden beneath your eyelids,
don't you feel the weight, the meaning.
Clearly, we belong, we both are strong,
it won't be long before we crumble.
But our fight still stands, in our demands.
There is true fire fed by furious desire,
beliefs on steroids and will to kill.
Prewritten patriotic-religious,
consequential and potential surrender,
of mind and sadistic ballistics of our political,
regime will fall, covered in our sweat and,
guts, and our win will forever be red-
if you know what I mean, follow my lead!!
So-brothers and sisters, our plans are clear,
and nothing short of boisterous, our,
actions will be prosperous, our voices heard.
Our true intentions will suffocate those,
who affiliate against the truth, our history,
will once again rebuild our working class,
which will stand tall against the machines of war.
Their New Regime
When I read what the high and mighty say
they come across as having no understanding
how the lesser people see the world
An overprivileged person called JFK. j
told us that the Palestinian people were
overrepresented on the world's stage, and that
Israel had offered to give the people
of Gaza greenhouse so they would become
self-sustainable growing their own tomatoes
To his amazement, Hamas turned down this
offer, but insisted on becoming a state that
that included the West Bank and East Jerusalem
This person called JFK, senior didn't grasp this
this simple wish, but continued defending Israel
who only wanted the best for the Gaza people
except for freedom
This man JFK, je who has been tasked to control
the health service of the USA is an eccentric
amateur, he is an idiot savant; we must not give
him to power to potentially kill millions of people
The students couldn't wait
until the fat lady sung,
so some heaved rocks
while others slung dung..
Bonded by the beat from
an umbilical drum,
protesting in the streets
as one, Hashina's authoritarian regime
was overcome.
nature-made disasters
Confess
as catastrophe
caused by Human.
man-made disasters
Propagandize
as disaster
caused by Nature.
There once was a lady who loved ice cream,
see, she had no teeth so it was her dream;
so silky and smooth- lick, lick,
it was cold and creamy thick;
a delicious devised diet regime !
South Africa is the first
Place in Africa where you can find more Excellent
Roads , rail ways , ports and Airports than some
European, Asian, American, Oceania countries
And more best world wine companies.
During apartheid many black people where living
In locations, treated as foreigners in their Country
No black person occupied the presidency or
Governor offices in Apartheid regime.
Happy day was when Mandela won the Election
And became the first black president ; many black
People felt free to visit different provinces and
Places where they were not allowed to walk in
Individuals or come closer without their white bosses.
Nelson Mandela remains the well respected Hero in
Europe and Africa because he forgave some white
South African criminals & promoted "Rainbow Nation"
So that majority of black people could easy their
chronic pains and becoming happy.
March 18/2023
Written for poetry contest sponsored by Anoucheka Gangabissoon
The Landlord Regime
They’re sick of the homeless they say the city’s gone to pot
But let’s look at the statistics and let’s see want we have got
We’ve got landlords and slumlords charging an arm and a leg
And then they wonder why people all over are forced to beg
They want to see references with a down payment for heat
Where does one get that when they're coming off the street
You need to have a credit check if you want to live here
We'll throw in a police record check just to make it clear
We only want the tenants who are well off and employed
And the undesirable jobless folk we’ll just strive to avoid
So how is a person who's on a fixed income meant to deal
When expectations from landlords are clearly so unreal
The ancient regime
I was in Shanghai once during the cultural revolution
everyone mostly young people wore the same grey clothes
half military cut, not a colour in sight except for the flag.
And the book they gave everyone called “Mao´s little red book.”
where words the new China was printed, those
who argued had to confess in public and sent to a camp,
or farm this to learn to be a worker.
Of course, in this socialist paradise, we were not allowed
to go ashore and the was a guard by the gangway to be sure
we didn´t run away.
It didn´t strike anyone; it was the last thing we would do.
It couldn´t last slowly colours crept in, and women dressed
even if grey dresses, with feminist style
Today China is a state capitalist country and is doing
very well, thanks to American outsourcing (wages) making
the Midwest into a wasteland.
Regime Which Would Reign Supreme
What they did was to always dream,
Of an unrealistic and rowdy regime;
Precarious;
Nefarious;
Being one that would reign supreme.
Jim Horn
My husband’s worked for many years
For not a cent – he volunteers
At what we think is “his museum;”
Tuesdays were when you could see ‘im.
He enjoyed his job as “greeter;”
Meeting people made life sweeter
And he took tremendous pride
In helping those who stepped inside.
For history’s his favorite thing
And so this job was not a fling.
The only time he missed a day
Was when we sometimes went away.
Was he rewarded for his work?
A party? Plaque? Some other perk?
No, sadly, how they’d recompense
Explains my lack of present tense.
A new regime has taken reign.
The “greeter” job they didn’t deign
To stick with; now instead, there’ll be
“Explainers” in each gallery.
But these positions – don’t ask why –
Were open if you did apply
And passed an interview, despite
Your years of service. That’s not right!
You know, of course, how this did go.
My husband got his answer – “No!
No room for you – that means you’re out!”
Could age be what this is about?
We’ll never know and yet, methinks,
This situation really stinks!
I still can’t get my head to wrap
‘Round what, to me, was like a slap.
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