Poems
by Tony
Dawson
Eyes to Wonder
Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise
If people really had eyes to wonder
they would wonder why they are duped
by politicians who are simply grifters
lacking the tongues to tell the truth,
let alone praise anyone but themselves.
If people really had eyes to wonder
they would wonder why a constitution
allows a convicted felon to stand
for the highest office in the land
instead of serving a jail sentence.
One side of the political divide
clearly lacks the tongues to praise
anyone but the stranger to the truth
whose greed and malignant narcissism
are a real and present danger to democracy.
Hogsbreath Plays at SunTzu
Hogsbreath, secretary for War,
bone-spurred on by the Orange bore,
has harangued the military Top Brass
telling them they’d better evoke
the warrior spirit and not the woke.
Fuming, they could have kicked his ass.
Generals and admirals sat stony-faced
while Hogsbreath gripped the pulpit as he braced
himself like a preacher delivering God’s word.
The commanders only showed their contempt
for the preposterous moron’s pompous attempt
to lecture them as if war was a word they’d never heard!
When the preacher finished, they didn’t linger,
telepathically giving him the middle finger.
