Poetry of the Occupation

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Poetry of the Occupation

 

“…trained in the politics of the day, believing the great new system invented

by a genius so great that they never bothered to verify its results.”

 

-John Steinbeck, The Moon is Down

 

Political poetry occupies the streets

Brakes squealing to a stop before an idyll

Squads of inclusive stormtroopers disembark

Into men’s souls to enforce unity

Armed with warrants and inquisitions

The bills of indictment already drawn

Needing only a tap upon a screen

To serve in the office of a signature

And sensitive to death the personal life -

Political poetry occupies the streets.