G.O.P. goop

What bogeyman transformed the old
Gray lady into a black/white bully?

Once upon a time, She would afflict
the comfortable and comfort the afflicted –

But today, gorged on human eyeballs,
He baits us with the new math: 1776 = 1619.

H.B. Rea

Fakers are Red,
Feigners are Blue –
Which shade American
are you – honestly?

H.B. Rea

Since my gig on the edge of the ‘hood,
when the brothers agreed this blue-eyed
devil wasn’t English, I’ve grown aggrieved

As my nation re-Segregates, collecting
in buckets of identity tied to skin, as if
Martin Luther King’s life was but a dream.

Dave Read

Nixon’s boy, Lewis Powell,
is more responsible for our

descent into Trumpian hell

than all the Founding Fathers
you can shake a stick at.

Dave Read

Who kneed poetry?

Market forces kneed poetry.

Why do market forces kneed poetry?

Because poets don’t need money.

Dave Read

USA is one busted nation,
Where writers write, typers type,
and suckers take dictation.

Dave Read

On Capitol Hill the deliberate American
Fiona Hill demonstrates proper behavior
in the face of corruption and resigns

After the department that granted
her wish of American citizenship

Fell prey to temps who work at the behest
of the lone soul to challenge Henry Vlll
for the title of history’s #1 pig, dolt, and liar*.

*Pig, dolt and liar – Martin Luther, in reference to Henry Vlll

Dave Read