A Letter For King George

A very political poem directed at (guess).

 

A Letter For King George

 

The world's a stage of circumstance

On which you dance your dance of decadence.

Manipulate the media maze

And spin the truth to a frenzied haze

Of manageable misdirection.

Strangulation of the population

Through entropic sovereignty,

Inclines a nation towards indignity.

Inalienable rights separated.

Freedoms now not tolerated.

Forefathers raging in their interment.

George's tyranny, they thought, in banishment.

Now, revolution spreads wings on wind

Prepared to take flight once again.

This message for those with reins in hand,

Like King George of old, your reign, too, will end.

 

Legion

4APR07

Reviews

[Gandré]

haha "of managable misdirection strangulation of the population" haha you are brilliant. The poem is made dismal and oppressive from the side of the power holders by the shadow of the gloomy place in our minds we live today - yes, I feel so, when I open the newspaper. Brilliantly argued.

[Cool Handless Luke]

another vivid perception sparked by a controversial figure nearly killed by a peanut. all things in their own time. nice job

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Congrats for your great winning poem.

[C.T. Bailey]

You are capturing all the thoughts thatForefathers raging in their interment.
I have bursting out of my heart. Best line for me..
"Forefathers raging in their interment.
George's tryanny, they thought, in banishment."

This is a strong dose of medicine. Well conceived.
Todd

[bluessadmood]

this was so well done and i know well who you are talking about ,i dont think he is a king or emperor,he is God ,so he thinks ,human souls and destinies is just a trash,no its not enough what he did ,oh if he only know what he did ,i wonder how can you sleep your night through

[Jane Doe]

Wonderful! There is so much truth in your words. It is tragic what King George has done to our country, as well as Iraq in his endless warmongering. A fitting tribute to a horrible presidency. Great writing!

[Damian Alan Gray]

Well, there's always that hope. One calculated mishap and whoops, no election. Enter Emperor Bush. Great write, my friend.

[Tenten]

you are right, I do like it and it goes in my favorites, this one means. i hope more people read it, it has a lot anger let us miss.

[Raef C. Boylan]

I like the implications of addressing your president as a "King", i.e. someone who thinks he has a 'god-given' right to rule over a nation, who wasn't elected democratically and doesn't represent 'his' people.

"Forefathers raging in their interment.
George's tryanny, they thought, in banishment." - I like how you've expressed this too, looking back over history and comparing the bloodshed and chaos that existed then to what's happened lately. I'm not American, so don't know if this specifically refers to somethign in the Constitution, or to the Civil War, or just to general bad leadership - but I imagine it would be very effective with an American audience.

Good write, thanks for entering it.
Protesting against George Bush as President...or something more complex?

p.s.
"Inalienable rights seperated." (separated)

[Danielle Asher]

i appreciate a good political knocking. Thank you for sharing.