I fear
for my republic
I fear for my republic
an arthritic
imbecilic
hollow-headed
humorless
heathen
is in charge.
Just like places
ripe with bananas
we will blame
generals
who stopped
being generals
three stars ago
and doctors
who practice
ideology
much more
than biology.
i fear for my republic
the needle
they offer
feels a lot like
Capital punishment.
Mark Antony Rossi
Mark Antony Rossi is a combat &
cold war USAF veteran, writer and host of the global arts & affairs
podcast “Strength To Be Human” https://strengthtobehuman.podbean.com
His writing has been recently
published in Ariel Chart, Granfalloon (Canada), Indian Periodical (India)
Philadelphia Stories and Zin Daily (Croatia). He is the author of the critique of wokeness book “Cancer Culture” https://www.somapublishing.com
and the military veteran guide to PTSD, “Writing as Therapy: Tools to Treat
Trauma” (also available at Soma) and volunteers as a counselor to those in mental
distress at the Veterans Administration.
big concern of mine as well. if it were just well-meaning mistakes i could handle but this is arrogance and possibly unconstitutional power grabbing.
ReplyDeleteSometimes leadership mistakes comes at the cost of tragic losses.
ReplyDeletei find it hard to see how catering to the very same people who facilitated the terrorists who attacked up 20 years this day ----is the best vision for american security. not a hawk but no means but i wonder if our perception of weakness endangers us than the last guy in office.
ReplyDeletePowerful and concise. I never thought this would ever be written about the U.S.
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