"Another Brick in the Wall"A Poem by PeteAll due credit to Pink Floyd, President Trump and The Wizard of Oz ...The Chinese have had one for centuries. Pink Floyd rose to international fame because of it. Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb? Mother, do you think they'll like this song? Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? Ya can't have any pudding if ya don't eat yer meat. How can ya have any pudding if ya don't eat yer meat? Teacher: What have we here, laddie? Mysterious scribblings? A secret code? No! Poems, no less! Poems, everybody! [classmates laughs] Teacher: The laddie reckons himself a poet! [reads poem from Pink's little black book] President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night that his proposed wall along the US-Mexico border would need to be see-through so that people on the US side wouldn't get hit by massive sacks of drugs tossed over it. He wants to do it now. Like the great Wizard of Oz. Giving us all what we want. Turning out to be nothing but illusion. A return to the Dark Ages. We already possess what he portends to bestow. "Just follow the yellow brick road". "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." Remember, these things work both ways. Keeping people in, as well as out. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. "Run Like Hell" as we all become just ... ... "Another Brick in the Wall" ... © 2017 PeteAuthor's Note
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Added on September 27, 2017 Last Updated on October 1, 2017 AuthorPeteBoston, MAAboutI love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..Writing
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