#22

crackling against the divide

when the sirens come to call

striving amidst the contrived

when lemmings keep dropping to hell

thumping by water shores

and swirling in deep deep

five alarm fire sirens sweep

where the legends are all asleep

swooning horns and sweet reed harps

swing a soulful tune

harkening back to those days of old

when home was true for you

#21

how do despots rule the day?

how do they fire their whole array?

why do the fireworks bomb away?

when scurrilous warlords swing and sway?

where is the man who minds the keep

so sure that evils have no leak

by which to exploit the armaments deep

and to see those damnable warlords meek

fervor and bloodshed comes with the slough

as men shoot shot and mind the cows

while women turn in shameful bows

there is no life for commons now.