POLITICAL Poem: POLITICAL RING, by John Lawrence Darretta

The circle of Politics is
a flat ring that
curves from the Center
all the way to
Far Right or Far Left.

At the end of the curve
white-hooded klans
black-masked pinkos
meet and merge in
a mean extreme.

What they have in sight
is all the same
except that one sees from
the left eye and
the other the right.

Each side is filled
with hate and anger
desiring to control
longing to rule
the subservient other.

The good concept is
that they represent
no-one and nothing
between themselves and
the rest of the ring.

John Lawrence Darretta