look at me
I’m Washington D.C.
a whore now
to a dick (tator)
and desecrator
with puny parades
patriotic charades
with gold gilded upgrades
to colonnades
that echo another
country’s glory days
look at me
how did it
come to be?
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Category: monuments
Historians
Beneath the rubble of civilizations past
ancient souls cry out to be remembered
from great societies that didn’t last
their wisdom buried in history’s ashes
their lives that passed too fast
who will give those souls peace?
and tell their stories?
of past glories?
historians are the bridges
connecting the past to today
their tireless work
a timeless passion play
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In Memoriam
USA Memorial Day 2019
the young men were sent to die
by the old men who sat by
leaving mothers to cry
and wonder why
their child had to die
gravestones in military cemeteries
silently attest
that a country’s lost it’s best
we remember those who died
every mother’s and father’s pride
and on this sad day
we can only pray
for permanent peace… someday
On Monuments of War
people say that they hate war
that they don’t want anymore
massive casualties and gore
yet monuments are built
edifices of national guilt
over the blood that was spilt
glorifying past wars
on distant shores
to settle old scores
why
build
any
more?
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