In the Summer of 2017

Moonface made many a missile and sent a threat
Throwing Yellowhead in a fit of rage
And putting the Earth on a teeter totter
In the summer of twenty seventeen.

Neo-nazis, nationalists, and right wing extremists
With free speeches, took to the streets
And let blood flow and imaginary torches lit.
No difference from the heartless Yellowhead,
Removing temporary protection for Haitians
And DACA for stateless Dreamers.

BC fires kept burning with inexhaustible embers,
Turning the red sun and moon into glowing eyes,
Stunned at the sight of spilled Pandora’s box.
Hurricanes Harvey and Iris, and earthquakes
Seem to punish the sinless and the innocent,
Victims of insatiable greed and self-indulgence.

Jamison/09/10/2017