the elephant in the room
none of us want to talk about
is trumpeting morals
like he invented them
he is for saving the unborn
& eager to kill them
when they grow up–
call it war or capital punishment–
he’s all for chucking science
out the window
and teaching adam & eve
in the classroom
(in matters of faith
whose truth do you honor
in a nation like ours?
Why, the elephant’s,
of course).
the elephant
we won’t talk about
is sitting on unions,
on women,
the poor
& on gays
he’s all for you keeping your gun
so you can shoot yourself
when you get sick–
it’s cheaper that way.
Susan Daniels Poetry 
‘Poor’? 🙂
You may call me `Marie.
THanks Marie 🙂
In case you couldn’t tell, I am one of those donkeys–or should I say jackasses. :))
Fascinating how that one line inspired you – and such a different kind of poem. But I like political poems, because there is so little poetry in politics (if any) that we need politics in our poems. I think we’re starting to see the elephant in the room.
Richard
🙂
I love your last three lines. Perfection.
Thank you–had fun with this 🙂
Pollitical poetry is often as fun as it is serious.
That’s true–If I do not poke fun at something political, then I will get angry, and I find it is easier to reach people with humor than anger in my political writing (not that there isn’t a place for that, too). Perhaps I should have had that elephant shoot himself in the foot 🙂
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I thought this might be apropos. How egotistical is it to reblog yourself–poem is good for a snicker or two, I think.
jack ass.. haaa
🙂 always better to call yourself one first, IMO
I LOVE the last two lines. So much punch! I love how you write in such a personal way about politics, as opposed to simply reeling off your list of annoyances. 🙂
Hee hee–thanks, S!
I still don’t get American politics or most English politics but both are examples of good poetry that I get 🙂
🙂 I hear you–don’t try to get the politics over here–if you do, then you will be as crazy as us…
I love this. I try to stay away from discussions about politics and religion but sometimes it very difficult. My little poem the other day “I hate politics..” was my effort at releasing anger, also. This is the first time I have every made actual money donations to a campaign and yes my litte ten dollars at a time goes to Obama!
🙂 Glad you enjoyed…
Great poetic response to an absurd circus. Art over anger is the way to go.
🙂 I agree!
And yet they are still better than the asses who are running the country at the moment.
Don’t know about that–I have a vagina, so I might be more biased towards the jackasses.
I am not so sure we have an elephant in the room so much as a giant pile of dung that is being sold to us as smelling sweet.
Should I call it “elephant dung” or should I call it something that begins with “R” is hyphenated in the middle and then ends in “n”?
Jeremy, you slay me–love your comments!
🙂 YES!!!!!
Oh oh, this is good. And yes you had to be inspired by something equally good. Incidentally, the opposition party in our country has the elephant as its symbol too! 🙂
Hee, hee–I do love elephants. Alas, am stuck with all the jackasses instead, which is a much less impressive symbol 😉
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Politics is dirty … and so are the politicians … the rulers are biased and selfish … good words to bring out this truth !!!
Thanks, Green.