January Sixth

January Sixth

 

 

See there, on the scaffold of the Capitol Dome

(which only true patriots may claim as their own)

red-hatted citizens, outraged, aggrieved

trashing the place with a brute joie de vivre  

half on a lark, the rest insurrection

dry-humping the thought of a stolen election

seeking redress, simple fairness, solutions

or failing that, a few executions

chittered and chattered to dim apprehension 

pretending to play at pretend intervention

fearful and feral, no longer ignorable

Hillary was right: they are simply deplorable.

 

Reviews

[Ken e Bujold]

a very appropriate poem Montag, in light of what is likely coming down the pike for your nation tomorrow night. wish I could say I understand the urges pushing them, but I don't. What originally seemed a simple case of dissatisfaction is more and more devolving into an Alice in Wonderland dystopia, where the MAGAs all seem to want to be the red queen

[John the Baptist]

Well rhymed piece here. I am 75 and never in my life have I witnessed scenes such as those which occurred on Jan. 6th. I hope never to see them again.