with your lofty proclamations
spat out and nurtured
by the wily fox, strutting peacock
or the duplicitous Russian hyena.
I respectfully disagree
with the parroted squawks
of power-hungry, press-thirsty leaders:
picket their homes, harass them in restaurants
and when they go low, we kick them.
I respectfully disagree
with “immigrants are criminals,”
“lock her up, lock her up”
and that the second amendment
is more sacred than the first.
Or fourteenth.
I respectfully disagree
that all Republicans are racists
Democrats murder babies
older means useless, all white people are clueless
millennials are pampered and lazy.
I respectfully disagree
that I’ve a guardian angel
who when shared, brings good fortune
and that every third post warrants a pompous
“Let That Sink In For a Minute.”
I respectfully disagree
that leaders you support were chosen by God
while the others slipped by him unnoticed.
But these days, so you say,
there’s no sin in mendacity
distortion, alternative facts
since in this unique apocalyptic environment
this political and cultural cesspool we swim in
the end will justify the means.
To which I respond with a wow-faced emoji:
Sorry, friends. I’ve let that sink in and
still, I must respectfully disagree.