Poem: 'Liberty Felled!' by Rich Orth

Liberty Felled!

© Rich Orth 12/06/2017

real surreal

cold wars old wars

cold sores..

Washington whores

Pay to play

fraying flag

fracking ...

collateral swag

hacking ...

bilateral phlegm

Ahem...ahem...amen

bow to my lord

my god...

how can we afford

to dream again

as nightmare

slips 'neath sheets

as we lay us down...

down to sleep

stocking hung with care

a whole 60,000

supplying the coal

for sinners...

evangelical...

for strippers...

angelical...

for boys and girls

debaced

for patriotism

defaced...

replaced with

I ...Me... Mine

Unrefined extremes

disposable dreams

swept under carpetbaggers

haggard old bastards

ruling in tyranny

oh say can you see

feel free to take a knee

for only their beliefs

perceived from texts...

so ancient...

antiquities written

by the hand of man...

frictional fiction

fanning the flames ..

flames of or HELL

as all true liberty is felled....

Lady hangs her head

Shamed into mediocrity

Flame extinguished....

Give me your tired...

your poor...

your huddled masses...

yearning to breathe free

Give me them... NO MORE!