Monday, September 12, 2022

For the Sullen Old Grump Waving a "REPUBLIC NOW" Sign

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

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For the Sullen Old Grump Waving a “REPUBLIC NOW” Sign

 

A republic

 

Guillotines, cronies, self-mutilations

Tossers rioting with glowing smart-phones

Books and art banned according to The People’s will

Rolex evangelists commanding through fear NOW

 

A republic

 

Oligarchs who never busted a sweat

Except on the golf course or while working a tan

Illiterate graspers in tailored suits

Protecting us from thinking for ourselves NOW

 

A republic

 

Purging all beauty and leaving us only

A desolation of gossips and grievances NOW

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