By Dick Eiden
Dick is a poet, attorney, and political activist living in Vista, California. The poem below is a pantoum, a poem with four-line stanzas in which the second and fourth lines in each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines in the next and the last line of the poem is the same as the first, rules Dick says he sometimes breaks.
Dick is a poet, attorney, and political activist living in Vista, California. The poem below is a pantoum, a poem with four-line stanzas in which the second and fourth lines in each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines in the next and the last line of the poem is the same as the first, rules Dick says he sometimes breaks.
-------------------
Breaking News
Breaking News
Wolf Blitzer demands the Congressman do something
about North Korea, names deadly threats to the region, says
Nothing is working Don’t you think we should do something?
We’ll go to our panel of experts after this break.
They agree North Korea poses grave threats to the region but
Oregon’s on fire, Texas and Florida drowned, millions without power
We’ll discuss this with a panel of experts after the break
whether to bomb North Korea or fund the recovery - guns or butter.
Oregon’s on fire, Texas and Florida drowned, millions without power
and he made a deal to save the Dreamers, normalizing his deceit-
ful plans to bomb North Korea and fund the recover - guns AND butter
and the best health care in the history of the world, I can tell you that!
He made a deal to save the Dreamers and normalize deceit
Pelosi and Schumer are on board, deliriously happy - “he likes us”
says he wants the best health care in the world. I can tell you
international agreements are unraveling like cheap Korean suits.
Pelosi and Schumer are on board, delirious - he likes us
to say bad things about the madman who thumbs his nose
at international agreements (unraveling like cheap Korean suits)
bullying and lying his way to a kingdom and a golden throne.
Say bad things about the madman who thumbs his nose at civility.
Speak the only bloody language he understands, nothing else works
to stop the lying and bullying, his kingdom, his golden throne.
Running out of patience now, we must redouble our efforts.
Speak the only bloody language he understands, nothing else works.
He must stop behaving like this, we need him to do what we want.
Running out of patience now, we aim for a peaceful resolution but
failing that we’ll be forced to take him out. All options are on the table.
about North Korea, names deadly threats to the region, says
Nothing is working Don’t you think we should do something?
We’ll go to our panel of experts after this break.
They agree North Korea poses grave threats to the region but
Oregon’s on fire, Texas and Florida drowned, millions without power
We’ll discuss this with a panel of experts after the break
whether to bomb North Korea or fund the recovery - guns or butter.
Oregon’s on fire, Texas and Florida drowned, millions without power
and he made a deal to save the Dreamers, normalizing his deceit-
ful plans to bomb North Korea and fund the recover - guns AND butter
and the best health care in the history of the world, I can tell you that!
He made a deal to save the Dreamers and normalize deceit
Pelosi and Schumer are on board, deliriously happy - “he likes us”
says he wants the best health care in the world. I can tell you
international agreements are unraveling like cheap Korean suits.
Pelosi and Schumer are on board, delirious - he likes us
to say bad things about the madman who thumbs his nose
at international agreements (unraveling like cheap Korean suits)
bullying and lying his way to a kingdom and a golden throne.
Say bad things about the madman who thumbs his nose at civility.
Speak the only bloody language he understands, nothing else works
to stop the lying and bullying, his kingdom, his golden throne.
Running out of patience now, we must redouble our efforts.
Speak the only bloody language he understands, nothing else works.
He must stop behaving like this, we need him to do what we want.
Running out of patience now, we aim for a peaceful resolution but
failing that we’ll be forced to take him out. All options are on the table.
September 2017
RSS Feed