Friday 12 September 2014

Action Stations, Everyone


A Message

This message is the one
That should go out      
From the American  
Administration:

'To All Illegal Aliens:
You have 72 hours
To pack up and go back
To your home countries.
After which, you
Will be forced to.
And that includes your children
Too, born here
Or not.  
You should have thought
                  of that
When you broke the law
As potential consequence
Of your actions.

                              This
Is MY country.  You will not
Trifle with it, treat it
Lightly.  He who does so
                  will rue
That day.

And that goes for a lot
Of you others, too,
                      who
Have been playing games.
Not on my watch
You won't
Anymore.

                    That
Is all
For now.
                  Prepare
For war
On corruption.
It is the start
Of a New Day
       and for all
Of humanity.

Action stations
Everyone.
       We're going
For a bumpy ride
       but ultimately
For the best.
      The rest
Is up
To you.'

             --

'Home countries!
That seems
Rather strict.'
Hear it
Well; I will
Not countenance
Sleaze.
                   Not
On my watch.

           'He is
Uncompromising.'
             Yes.
      When it comes
To compromise
About the error
Of our ways
                informing
What we do.
I am adamant
              about
This sort of thing
                as in
Adamantine.
                  Solid
As a crystal.
               In point
Of fact,
      crystalline
                itself.
Which we are all
             on the way
             to

                a journey
For the Ages.


And the outcome
Is not to be
Socialism,
                   or any
Of its permutations.
I have visited
A former - did
You hear that? -
                 former
Communist country
                  where
The level of workmanship
Was shoddy
         barely
Getting by.
           'Whatever
It takes'
         seemed to be
The going concern,
                         coin
Of the realm.
                     It was
Pitiful.
                 'People!'
                I wanted
To say
             (or rather
to shout out loud):
                      'This
            is the body -
        the very body -
Of our Creator
                      verily
Amongst us!  Surely
We can do better
Than this
To reflect
Our appreciation
And gratitude
For life
With meaning!'

I heard that cry
Nowhere.
                 Nor
                 do I
Amongst us
Even.

        As I say:
A pity.

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