Short Give Vent Poems

Beware!  in our own confines - a predator
hiding without so much as a warm hello,
Persona non grata veils its character.
It’s green with greed and  jealously pale yellow;
our words give vent to this parasite-fellow.
A proud remnant perhaps of a life once led,
it bleeds blue with glowing spots of angry red.
Banning this contender for hostilities!
we’re obliged, as it rears his hoary, gray head,
to bid:   Begone!  with your animosities.


March 31, 2014...

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Thank you,
To all who showed restraint,
And refrained from Vandalising signs,
Put up by those hoping to be elected,
To serve on local bodies.

I know more might have been tempted,
So give yourselves a pat on the back,
For letting democracy run its course, 
And leaving it up to your vote to give vent to your feelings.

Despite all its vagaries, 
Seeming to most as changeable as the weather, 
Democracy cuts less lives short,
Which other alternatives bear witness to....

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