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Thursday, December 17, 2015

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

by Gil Hoy




Putin likes Trump,
surprise--

Grab all
  the world’s wealth with
Your ruthless friends,

Then crush
   all your foes---

‘Swhere all the World’s
Monied elite’ll go.


Gil Hoy is a Boston trial lawyer, writer and poet. He studied poetry at Boston University, while receiving a BA in Philosophy and Political Science. Gil received an MA in Government from Georgetown University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for four terms. His poetry has appeared most recently in Third Wednesday, The Write Room, The Eclectic Muse, Clark Street Review and TheNewVerse.News.