What We Willingly Accept

California loses its finest citizens
…acceptable losses

America loses its drug riddled youth
…acceptable losses

Texas loses its southern border
…acceptable losses

Our manufacturing base auctioned away
…acceptable losses

Native Peoples crying on reservations
…acceptable losses

The electorate abandoned and sold down the drain
…acceptable losses

Our finest and bravest fighting forever wars
…acceptable losses

Our schools now a swamp and our teachers inept
…acceptable losses

We talk to our smart phones and lose all connection
…acceptable losses

Our churches and synagogues bombed and attacked
…acceptable losses

Our freedom of speech now woke and maligned
…acceptable losses

The media profiting from rancor and division
…acceptable losses

Our allies mistrusting and looking askance
…acceptable losses

The dollar a symbol of greed and decay
…acceptable losses

The White House held captive by liars and fools
…acceptable losses

Our forefathers rage in eternities sleep
…acceptable losses

All shared common values rejected forever
…acceptable losses

A world without freedom leading the way
…our future in ashes

(The New Room: March, 2021)