2015 | Words | Political Villanelle

2015 July 6

Draw a line in the sand, keep them at bay
The news is blundering, nothing to boast
Tune out their racket, step forward today

Continents apart, soldiers pass away
Politicians gesture, like dry white toast
Draw a line in the sand, keep them at bay

Lethargic people unwilling to say
We must forgive their sins, they’re only ghosts
Tune out their racket, step forward today

The spring of the young occupy highways
Seeking attention, searching for the moat
Draw a line in the sand, keep them at bay

Federal cops blocking paths to melee
Judicial slackers, don’t support their oaths
Tune out their racket, step forward today

And now, all citizens, it’s time to wake
Overthrow the leaches, deflate the bloat
Draw a line in the sand, keep them at bay

Tune out their racket, step forward today