Ghazala’s Tears

by Ron Lucas / October 9th, 2016

I’m a peacenik.
So, like
Donald Trump,
for very different
reasons,
I never went to
war.

But I would
like to
think
that if I
died,
purportedly
for some
son of a bitch’s
supposed
right
to
sit on his
ass,
rake in
millions doing
NOTHING,
and pay
NOTHING
in taxes
on it,
at least
he
wouldn’t
attack
my poor, old
grieving

mother…

Ron Lucas is an autodidactic, former factory and warehouse laborer. His poetry has appeared, off and on, in various publications for years. Read other articles by Ron.

This article was posted on Sunday, October 9th, 2016 at 8:01am and is filed under Poetry.