Your star-spangled tongue
twisted red, white and blue
around each utterance.
At the same time
your originalist mind
worked to replace
all of the amendments
after the ten
in the bill of rights.
Safe with your 401k
over a million dollars
you thought slavery
the province
of those poor people
unable to pay their bills.
In your mind
it would be the destination
of every asylum seeker
and anyone convicted
of felonies
no matter their color.
Your capitalist mind
translated everything
into property.
So much so
you never had children
due to the expense.
copyright © 2023 Kenneth P. Gurney
postscript
My latest collection, Far Away Right Here, is available in print. Dianne and I cherry-picked all the poems I wrote in 2022 to create this collection. If you like this poetry blog, purchasing a copy is a good method to support this effort and assist me in paying the yearly internet fees.
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