by Charles Frederickson
Two million Iraqis have already
Fled their once proud nativity
Another two million internally displaced
Rejects needing acceptance anywhere else
Affordable options no longer are
Bloody loan sharks nest eggs
Sucked dry safes cracked open
Orphaned chicks gone to seed
Beheaded dysfunctional family heritage devalued
Slit throats bullet-ridden neighborhoodlum skullduggery
Humanure garbage dump ghosts dispossessed
Tortured cadavers rotten trash stench
Rusty padlocked doorjambs coming unhinged
Barbed promise Watergates outpouring restraint
Unwanted posters live wire dead-ends
Borderline hypocritical double-crossing No Entry
Labeled condemnable axes of we-evil
Syria Iran Jordan absorbing drain-off
Steely sieve leaking spaghetti western
Good bad ugly un-American immorality
US versus everybody else myopia
Not in my Pleasantville backyard
Weedy grassroots welcome mat yanked
Unsettling Lady Liberty’s torch snuffed
Innocent alien survivors plead guilty
In search of freedom happier
Future for reunited ever-loving family
Nowhere should be off limits
Dr. Charles Frederickson is a Swedish-American-Thai pragmatic optimist, idealistic visionary and heretical believer who has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on http://www.imagesof.8k.com/. This maverick e-gadfly is a member of World Poets Society, based in Greece, with 200+ poetry publication credits on 6 continents, such as: angelfire, Ascent Aspirations, Auckland Poetry, bc supernet, Blind Man’s Rainbow, Both Sides Now, Caveat Lector, Cordite Poetry Review, Dance to Death, Decanto, Eclipse, Flutter Magazine, Greatworks, Green Dove, Indite Circle, International Poet, Listen & Be Heard, Living Poets, Madpoetry, Melange, Newtopia, Planet Authority, Poetisphere, Poetry Canada, Poetry of Scotland, Poetry Stop, Poets for Peace, Poetry Superhighway, Pyramid, Sage of Consciousness, Stellar Showcase, Subtle Tea, Sz, The Smoking Poet, T-zero, Ya’Sou! Ygdrasil, Zafusy.