day ONE THOUSAND and EIGHTY NINE

Feel Like I’m Fixing to Die Flashback

“Be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box.” — Country Joe McDonald

Patriotism flows, miles wide, a millimeter deep

as Cadet Bone Spurs distracts from impeachment

by assassinating General Soleimani,

blind-sides Congress, bypasses the constitution,

shocks un-consulted military leaders and allies,

puts Russia and China on the same page.

Fear of World War III escalates.

Twitterer-in-Chief vows to annihilate

Iranian cultural treasures,

spews idiotic, juvenile threats.

MAGA supporters cream their shorts

at the thought of Armageddon.

Those with both oars in the water

wonder when impotent old white men

will stop slaughtering the next generation.

Faux News network tools titillate

its addicted cult members.

They haven’t figured out

it’s their kids’ blood

that will most likely be shed.

--Jennifer Lagier