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| Art by Shields |
The days of saving
Vietnam from Vietnamese
or Afghanistan from Afghanis,
are here again.
‘We’ will run things
especially
in countries of long words
like Palestine and Venezuela.
Democracy is another of them.
short words like ‘we’, ‘US’ and ‘oil’
will save Venezuela from Venezuelans.
An unelected foreign government
will save Venezuela from elections.
Oh, the words are getting bigger again,
Venezuela and democracy are very big words
so we must run things there,
to oil the wheels of democracy,
or something like that,
and, with nice short words,
save Venezuela from Venezuelans.
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality and writes hoping to find an audience for her musings. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud 'War Poetry for Today' competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many publications including: Apogee, Firewords, Peach Velvet, Light Journal, and So It Goes.
