by Robert West
One sworn to shield you soon would die,
but you, your cynic’s fist held high,
proclaimed your solidarity
with those for whom the thought they’re free
now trumps all law and love and reason.
You spurred them on, then cheered their treason.
Robert West is the author of three chapbooks of poems including Convalescent (Finishing Line Press, 2011); the co-editor of Succinct: The Broadstone Anthology of Short Poems (Broadstone Books, 2013); and the editor of both volumes of The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons (W. W. Norton, 2017).
