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America, the Center Did Not Hold

AMERICA, THE CENTER DID NOT HOLD 

The center, woe the center 
Are we surprised it did not hold
Not even in America 
And if the truth be told 

When the two twin towers toppled 
We were stunned aggrieved and hurt 
Long gone the days of minute men 
No one to sound a swift alert 

With eyes wide open still so blind 
We failed to recognize
How much 'covid' would reek havoc 
Right before our very eyes

Relentless in its progress
Devastating all it touched 
No army couldn't stop it 
Even if one bothered much 

Still we dallied on so docile 
Till an enemy within 
Ripped and ravaged through the White house 
Bent on murder and revenge 

Men compliant and acceptant
Eyes fixed on money, power, fame 
No thought for country, without conscious 
Doubly dying, soil their name. 
 
                      -Reta Pruitt 
PS (There still are 'men with souls so dead')
-from 'THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY'

Copyright © Reta Pruitt | Year Posted 2023