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.