When shadowy beasts

feel emboldened to emerge

in broad daylight, they’re rabid.

~

Once we can see them

in all their madness, we can

act whether they’re ours or theirs.

What can each of us

do to form and sustain a

more perfect union?

~

 Let us be honest

to ourselves and each other

and cherish our differences!

Frost covers the earth.

In testament of chaos,

Vinca choose to bloom.

~

A reminder of

global warming or symbol

of hope in these chilly times?

Briefly he rested

before off he went again –

dog park dynamo.

~

A fleeting recharge

is sometimes all someone needs

to keep running ’til nightfall

At long last, respite

from that omnipresent din

chirping misinformation!

~

By din do you mean

the soon to be absent one,

Donald Omnistupid Trump?

They pledged allegiance,

not to their country, but to

a power-loving mad man.

~

One who wipes himself

with the constitution he

swore to protect and defend.

This revolution

against rationality

is heartbreaking to behold.

~

The last refuge of

humiliated tyrants –

incite violence.

Scarcely anyone

can guess what that mad man will

try to get away with next.

~

He’s just hurling dung,

desperate for some to stick,

just like any caged great ape.

It’s hope that drives us

to dig through many layers

revealing what hides inside.

~

Sometimes what we find

fulfills that hope. Sometimes it’s

a truth we weren’t looking for

Wouldn’t  we be blessed

if hearts all over the globe

began to warm too?

~

They, cold-heartedly,

wish their icy demeanor

will reverse global warming?