A Failed Experiment

hands seek justice where there was no crime

we walk in circles among our friends

life teeters on the brink of collapse and we

sip lemonade on the front porch letting the

sun bake our skins like cookies in the oven;

walks in the park take place on television

as Netflix and Hulu inflate their ratings in

order to receive government subsides while

stay at home orders in some States keeps the

politicians from doing something stupid with their time;

red and blue make purple but green is the color

to watch as it washes over us in unparalleled fashion

and life turns inward as it encompasses the ignorant,

bribes the poor and solidifies debt well into the future

hoping the wealthy feel sorry for our blatant foolishness;

times slows down for the undertakers as they labor

in some back room like politicians carving our deals

that none really want except for themselves and

the vanity of their egos that clash in the night

like drunken sailors trying to find their way home;

ships on high seas sail into oblivion when their

crews abandon the captain's orders to watch a

Fourth of July celebration in three "D" and eat

crumpets virtually with the Queen who has

stolen their virtues by keeping the Prince silent;

Russians steal our fortunes from cyber cafes

Chinese rape our wills into submission, stealing

our future opportunities from our children

whose lives are sold on Ebay to pay off our debt

and jobs move to the east like hummingbirds;

temperatures move in the extremes during seasons

of despair and citizens cling to their faith and

to the return of what they had taken for granted,

since law enforcement hung up their guns in

the middle of the night to sell drugs from Mexico;

"we told you so" signs liter the interstates as

motorists drive out their gasoline in search of

wind power and solar energy to keep their minds

from entering caves of cold depression that pills had

previously been able to deter  --  suburban complacency;

American flags no longer fly as the WOKE mob

makes claims of racism in public streets and eats the

food left behind by the government on banquet tables,

since whiteness changed the constitution and the

civil disobedience laws were muted by the courts;

Native Americans reclaim the lands that were stolen

and shed tears for the loss of buffalo and eagles

that once roamed the land providing inspiration

to those who spoke no English and who had not yet

heard of the once great country that no longer exists.

8 March 2021