by Steven Kent
"American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr" —The Guardian, December 17, 2025
Though docs at large
Can prove success,
They're not in charge
At HHS,
Where Bob is firm
And don't play nice--
You diss The Worm,
You pay the price.
Steven Kent is the poetic alter ego of writer and musician Kent Burnside. His work appears in 251, Asses of Parnassus, The Dirigible Balloon, Light, Lighten Up Online, The Lyric, New Verse News, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Philosophy Now, The Pierian, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Snakeskin, and Well Read. His collections I Tried (And Other Poems, Too) (2023) and Home at Last (2025) are published by Kelsay Books.