These Old Men
Such are the old men. It is their thinking,
Not accumulated years, make them so,
These holders of office, presidents who
Have become too addicted to drinking
The elixir of power, or theocrats,
Even now, claiming divine appointment
For what is really their corrupt intent,
Reacting violently to perceived plots
In any opposition. Whether god
Or Mammon is promoted or cited
Is of no relevance to those slaughtered,
Supposedly for the national good.
There’s no proper accounting because
Theirs’s is the profit, the people the loss.
D. A.