The Party's Over

 

 

The conflict between the two party pols at last has begun

Now that all the facts that no one will hear are made manifest.

Of course they will both continue to poll the voters en masse

Ensuring that they position themselves as counterfeits would

In order that “good” be done for the land they claim as their own.

 

Ruth no longer gleans the stray winter wheat from harvested fields

Nor weaves up the flax she found left behind when threshing was through

Or bends back her bow loath though she may be some conie to kill.

New marvels of man may claim that they free her from nature's fate

Her hope that the state could meet every need is all that remains.

 

Why must we delay until at our door tsunamis are seen?

Like nearsighted men we can not perceive the obvious cracks

Republics endure when servants are wont to belie their oaths.

We have but one lack that justice and truth might once more hold sway

A nation of braves who stand on their feet and do what they should

Louis William Rose

October 2004