Are you angry enough yet?
Dead women paraded naked
Just collateral?
Statistical casualties?
Riddle me this,
Riddle me that
Where should
my outrage
my outcry
be directed?
People are important
Leaders are impotent
Playing their role
We burden the toll
Riddle me this,
Riddle me that
Where should
my silent moment
my hushed memorial
Be directed?
Are you feeling lost yet?
Dead children
Just mathematical?
Statutory victims?
As long as
the powerful
the rich
the important
the good?
are alive and well
with lies to sell
All is good
All is great
Complaints are rude
Compliance, a vital trait
Are you angry enough yet?
Are you?
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Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: Again...another angry, angry piece. I am not apologising for it, though.
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Comments (12)
..“are alive and well with lies to sell” 😔 These lines hit! Powerfully good and relevant poem!
Yes, I am & have been for a long time. Yet nothing seems to change.
I am. I am so angry.
Yes, sir, this is angry. Justifiably so. Well said, my friend.
Never apologise for your justifiable and justified anger xx
Oh, I'm always angry. It's my default mood. Jokes aside, there's a lot of facts in your poem! It was so powerful! 🍩🥐
The rage about what is happening is the healthiest, most appropriate response. And you colored it in a beautiful, bright red with this excellent poem.
Damn straight! Your anger is spitting facts today, sir!
Yes. 🤬
Yes 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
😠 I'm bloody furious. Brilliantly articulate but sadly so true, 🤍
Don't apologise, the anger (so we'll evoked) is justified.