My body aches and my mind is confused Why are all these things happening? How long do we wait until there is order? The order we understand We wake up every morning to the same Talking heads who know nothing Spilling their guts with glee Happy for the misery Thinking it will help them They are the fence sitters The abominable causing hatred They have their fans until It is found out that they have an evil past Thought molesting co-workers was fine And the gleeful ones who loved them so Now turn their “righteous” backs on them Wipe them from their memory as They do with most truth that doesn’t suit them Those doomed will no longer utter condescending words Which were quite disagreeable or unpleasant Some of my friends and even my relatives Find themselves in the camp of the deniers Never a civil word to say about how we are doing Always taking a negative view of the series of successes Pointing out with happiness any perceivable failure Take misquoted remarks and use them as their standard bearer Hear words ordained to give hope and comfort And persuade themselves they would have rather hear cackling Would have been better off if the evil machine was in charge Point out how the last regime was pure and productive How the leader was clever in shifting his share of the blame I know these people and their hardy laughs Slapping each other on the back; affirming their ignorance I remain silent as it is wise to do when outnumbered Do not point out how successful their strategy is in states like New York, California, Oregon and Washington and in cities Like New York, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore and so on I feel for the rats; they are just surviving, but it’s the rodents that bother me: The politicians who mkKe empty promises and only look out for themselves My body aches and I don’t think it will heal soon Stanski March 29, 2020 ^
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Steve Haarman 