Suddenly, all Hades breaks loose
Much to my extreme distaste
Take the quill of a goose
There’s no time to waste
The chasm is gapping wide
And the brakes, they aren’t manageable
Struggling with a mighty maelstrom
Something that’s not quite tangible
In a deal downward to a dead doldrum
Threatened by global pirates
Laying ambushes by the score
Wild men and mad men and irates
Slam ears and noses against the door
Bottom drops out of the bottom
The scourge taunts the people
As in Gomorrah and Sodom
Masses huddled under a steeple
Minding that which is specific
Against those raising the muck
Fighting what becomes horrific
For those who give a fuck
Magnified by flares and lasers
Pressure points ever higher
Atmosphere filled with razors
Chasing flames in a fire
Hazy clouds with wicked ravages
Turn the graves over in the sound
Homage paid to all the savages
Writh in blood-red hunting ground
Hard on all of the family
It haunts some more than most
Perhaps more injurious to Emily
As she is haunted by more than ghost
With scalping and mutilation
Of trauma unleashed or unbounded
A new form of patent education
On fractured promises
Grounded
How many Venezuelan dead?
We don’t even know or care
Remember what Newton said?
What are we even doing there?
With every action there’s a reaction
And repercussions are on the way
It won’t be long before it gains traction
And then the guileless will rue the day
For we share a rare commonality
That we shan’t be allowed to escape
Pardon us our own partiality
And measure well the ticker tape