by Charles Frederickson
Haunted off-White House dispelling gee-wizardry
Spooky diabolic spirits plaguing never-neverland
Hairy plotter secret horror chamber
Wronged uncivil rights defying passage
Extraordinary privileged claims just-ice meltdown
Warlocks’ brewed concoctions shackling freedoms
Preferring fake-believe to wondrous true-lies
Unflinching faith in self-indulgent fantasies
Grasp what really is pragmatism
Rather than persisting in delusion
However satisfying and reassuring distinguishing
Easy speculation from hard fact
Fundamental insights delve within anima
Challenging whatever is purportedly unchangeable
Grateful for brief magnificent lifespan
Maximizing wisdom seeing the light
Prophetic skeptics fiendish wannabe deities
Spinning rigged wheel of misfortune
In Gold Wet Rust hypocrisy
Private hotline to God disconnected
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.