J.D. Vance

A love letter...

a fine fellow

failure

we'll say

what

we

must

one commandment

breaks all 

the Law

and you're just

as 

guilty

as 

us

the devil has his 

due

we all had a little 

fun

I know 

the conscience

comes

creeping

in

but we

were

all

s l u t s

once

the soul of 

Man

our hearts

of 

carbon

which of us

was

the worst?

W h o r e

or

Beast

our

21st Century

Babylon

you were

sick

with all this civilization

too

we both wondered 

once

as to the

cut

of his

leg

but let's be

honest

the eyeliner

looks

better

on

you

sick

sacred

jaded

faded

but

the Law of the Lord

is

perfect

what was in

darkness

shall be brought

to

light

under the ashes

of our

flag

this

and

every

other

secret

You hate what you fear...

https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-convinced-himself-gay-hillbilly-elegy-trump-vp-2024-7

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/jd-vance-lgbtq-issues-rcna162167

Reviews

[Ken e Bujold]

Understand and share the sentiment.
And while I am often told I have no dog in the hunt as it were, the sad fact is we all do, whether American or not. A grand experiment seems to be teetering on the brink of self-inflicted extinction, which is something we should all care about.

That said, the power of this poem would, I belive, be even more powerful John if not so nakedly fixed to a particular. In many ways we all share the foibles of Vance. Ok, not as nakedly self-serving, but certainly guilty of individual inconsistencies

Ken

[Bipolarbear.979]

Wow, well done you!
I like the path you took in writing this. Very interesting.

[Brad Dehler]

Interesting, so the spacing of W ho re was due to editing for content flagged. I like the sentiment here, drawing on the past as faulty but seeing a way for positive change in one's life.

[Betty Hermelee]

I get it….. and tend to agree, not the type we want leading the country!
Especially with his religious touts…. Save us!
Warmly, B🌷

[John Sullivan]

Apparently you can't say things like "w***e" or "s**t" on this site... goodness, goodness