by Gil Hoy
I watched Liz Cheney
on Meet the Press.
I think
I’m warming up
to her.
You heard me right.
The same Liz Cheney
Who opposes abortion rights.
You heard me right.
The same Liz Cheney
Who loves guns,
Hates immigrants
and too much voting.
Who opposes police reform
and Obamacare
Who wants to ignore
the warming earth.
Who likes ‘scription drugs
that cost too much,
and wealthy corporations
that pay no taxes.
You heard me right.
The same Liz Cheney
Whose father
was
a war crim’nal.
“No one of any party should support
election deniers.”
“No one should be out
advocating for any candidate
who will not honor
the sanctity of our election process.”
“We are talking about multiple instances
of criminal misconduct by
the former President of the United States.”
“I will do whatever it takes to make sure Donald Trump
is never President again. He will not be the President
of the United States again.”
In today’s Republican Party,
even a Cheney
can taste and smell
sort of good.
In today’s Republican Party,
even a Cheney
can taste pretty good
and smell somewhat sweet.
Gil Hoy is a Best of the Net nominated Tucson, Arizona poet and writer who studied fiction and poetry at Boston University through its Evergreen program. Hoy previously received a BA in Philosophy from BU, an MA in Government from Georgetown University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. Hoy wrestled on BU’s wrestling team and finished in second place in the New England University Wrestling Championships his senior year. He served as a Brookline, MA Selectman for four terms. Hoy’s poetry and fiction have appeared in Tipton Poetry Journal, Chiron Review, Ariel Chart, The Galway Review, Right Hand Pointing, Indian Periodical, Rusty Truck, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The New Verse News, The Penmen Review, Misfit Magazine, and elsewhere.