by Philip Kitcher
Deceit provoked our warfare with Iraq,
Leaving a million people dead or maimed.
How can you win your reputation back?
How is a leader’s legacy reclaimed?
A con-man threatens to destroy our nation,
Seduces voters into fatal choice.
Please make your country partial reparation.
You have been silent. You could raise your voice.
Perhaps you still have power to shift our course.
Not speaking out will signal your consent.
Revive your party’s heritage, endorse
A woman fit to be our president.
Philip Kitcher has written too many books about philosophy, a subject which he taught at Columbia for many years. His poems have appeared online in Light, Lighten Up Online, Politics/Letters, Snakeskin, and The Dirigible Balloon; and in print in the Hudson Review.