RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION POEMS

THE MIGHTIER ONE

someone forgot to tell the emperor
maybe someone misled him
could it have been his obduracy
all that raving and ranting
then the basics were abandoned
that the pen is mightier is known
in the beginning was the word
the donkey jaw bone came later
the sling and the stone too
the gun can never be mightier
who led the emperor into this abyss

THE GREAT BETRAYER

that bitterness is understandable
that betrayal is quite apparent
then you ran with the hares
and hunted with the hounds
the opportunist you have always been
those accolades they showered you with
the medals they pinned on your chest
the overlord they turned you into
the leopard had not changed its spots
you had taken the thirty pieces of silver
a perpetual guest at their banquets
those high sounding titles they gave you
those trinkets that blinded you to our suffering
today you drag us along into your schemes
still you pull wool over our eyes
your self preservation becomes our business
not all fall prey to your machinations
those machinations will not hold sway