Welcome to the war you never knew you were a part of.
Until the moment you did.
But once you arrive, how do you know which side is the side for good?
And which is the side for evil?
When there is no such thing as perfection.
No buts
No believe mes
No messiahs to rescue us
No billionaires who care about anything other than their billions
And when it gets too much
Remember we're all with you
Fighting in a hundred different directions, making mistakes and muddling through.
And we love you
Even if we disagree
A.J. Ponder
I'd explain this poem, but does it need explaining?
I think most of us have realised that there's a few things in this world that need urgent fixing. And that the world could be an amazing place, but as the authors of "Why Nations Fail" pointed out, the first thing that needs to happen, is we need to stop concentrate all the wealth, resources and power into the hands of a very few, and spread them around like muck.
Lets help all the flowers grow. Instead of piling it up into stinking cesspools of...
If you're looking for more poems of a similar ilk, here are two more swamp monster poems and The Masque of Anarchy by Percey Shelly to choose from. :)
Draining the Swamp of all Human Decency
\Happy reading, A.J.
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