shaysites

we prefer a lower case

not lording it over the rest

of us, the land and dwellers

who’ve no use for fancy dress

or the rest, the useless mess

the grand gestures cloaked

in lies and edicts from owners

of too much or too little regard

for others and the water, these

trees always green, always

filtering harsh light and the

fight for a fair day where no

taxing trials will undo us or

the rest of it, the ways we go

without your disregard,

be warned. 

                         - d.o.

All The President’s Lies

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”   - John Adams

                                                                                                   

Mirrors turn you left to right when

the morning finds you wishing, when

the news is not in keeping with

the picture you have fixed firmly

to the surface, the false wall in the hall

the gold plated plaque in the back

of every idea that occurs to you

the news that argues with you too
five thousand lies and counting

is not true to you, out of your order

little dirty people cluttering up your

lobby dressed poorly and sorely in

need of punishment, replacement

a few words will do from you to

put them in their place, out of

your race, your face in the mirror

not quite right but certainly grand

and terribly in charge, you think.