Terrible Poetry from Terrible People

Terrible poetry from terrible people

Like the bitter words of lovers lost down the sewer drain
Polluting the water that once provided sustenance

From that abortion clinic picketer
Who weaves bible passages into spears that pierce the hearts of those who grace its doors

Like the eviction notices posted on homes crafted into soliloquy
That left every hungry family beyond tired of listening to these demands

Terrible poetry from terrible people

Like those violent chants and angry threats
That emit from peace demonstrators
Reminiscent of sloppy kisses from virgin lovers

Like the soapbox rhetoric of a rabble rouser in downtown Minneapolis
Preaching about the importance of the environment
She enjoys her bottled water on her car ride home

Or perhaps escaping like the satisfied belches from a man
who never stops professing his love of animals, especially those cute kitties and puppies
While stuffing his face with the assholes and intestines of every other mammal on this planet

Terrible poetry from terrible people

Like the promises of a do-gooder who volunteers to be a Big Brother
Then quits after 6 months
The same one who sweet talks another program into letting him be a mentor again
After 4 months he leaves, resembling the fathers that abandoned the same kids he used to tutor

Like the propaganda pamphlets dropped overseas
To those who only pray for peace
But instead get slaughtered like the cattle we view them as
We fill mass graves with glee

Like the racial slurs and harsh words dropped by children on the playground
In a small town middle class hell
Landmines and cluster bombs that would send my brother home crying everyday
Just because he is not white

Terrible poetry from terrible people