@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.socialReading bedtime stories
of hate
to stranded children,
imprisoned in cages,
in cold tents,
concentration camps,
for being born to human beings
wanting more.
A hunger for a better life,
asylum from certain death,
torture.
We have become the dictatorship we hate.
@gpwriter.bsky.socialBeyond callous,
a greedy ugliness
we can’t easily explain away.
All done in our name
in the end.
A haunting reality to face.
Visions of borderlines.
Everywhere
divided,
inside
and out.
#books #poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky
amzn.to/3Bsr0jj
@gpwriter.bsky.socialWarnings
howling through history,
ignored on high.
Hey,
but it’s all to make America great again?
Never felt less so.
Shame chokes me.
Visions of borderlines.
Our ideals set on fire,
ignorance,
hatred
as a crushing policy.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky #books
amzn.to/3Bsr0jj
@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.socialA trail of bitter tears
burning in our fearful souls.
A trail of bitter tears
running through the heart
of this haunted land.
Betrayals revealed in our broken eyes.
Ghosts whisper of past atrocities
in the shadows,
lost and forgotten
in a false history.
@gpwriter.bsky.socialA trail of bitter
tears
all over this country
as our democratic
dreams
disintegrate
right before our eyes.
Inequity is at an all-time high
as you cut tax breaks
for your wealthy friends.
You gin up hatred and ignorance
and then deny the consequences.
@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.socialHollow,
shallow
policies.
An ugly strawman
in disguise.
No sincerity
or honesty in
your cagey eyes.
amzn.to/3Bsr0jj
@gpwriter.bsky.socialRallies
of hate
All hail the
liar in attack mode
spinning lies
for his blind
rabid base.
Haunted
by echoes
of a fascist past
out of a dictator’s sad playbook
#poetry #poets #books #booksky
#TheTrumpYears
@gpwriter.bsky.socialFake news
Fake politics
Fake democracy
Fake president
Fake lives
But
not
fake
heartbreaks
deportations
family separations
Muslim ban
tariffs
tax cuts for the rich
racism
police killings
inequality
deadly virus
fear
doubt
about a dark
empty future
#booksky #books #poetry #TheTrumpYears #poems
@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.socialReading bedtime stories
of hate
to stranded children,
imprisoned in cages,
in cold tents,
concentration camps,
for being born to human beings
wanting more.
A hunger for a better life,
asylum from certain death,
torture.
We have become the dictatorship we hate.
@gpwriter.bsky.socialBeyond callous,
a greedy ugliness
we can’t easily explain away.
All done in our name
in the end.
A haunting reality to face.
Visions of borderlines.
Everywhere
divided,
inside
and out.
#books #poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky
amzn.to/3Bsr0jj
@gpwriter.bsky.socialWarnings
howling through history,
ignored on high.
Hey,
but it’s all to make America great again?
Never felt less so.
Shame chokes me.
Visions of borderlines.
Our ideals set on fire,
ignorance,
hatred
as a crushing policy.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky #books
amzn.to/3Bsr0jj
@gpwriter.bsky.social@gpwriter.bsky.socialA trail of bitter tears
burning in our fearful souls.
A trail of bitter tears
running through the heart
of this haunted land.
Betrayals revealed in our broken eyes.
Ghosts whisper of past atrocities
in the shadows,
lost and forgotten
in a false history.
@gpwriter.bsky.socialA trail of bitter
tears
all over this country
as our democratic
dreams
disintegrate
right before our eyes.
Inequity is at an all-time high
as you cut tax breaks
for your wealthy friends.
You gin up hatred and ignorance
and then deny the consequences.