Americide (Cliff Notes)

by A Grayson / May 25th, 2025

ransacked dreams
idiocracy’s global rising
conmen conniving
strawmen wielding torches
bulldozed brains and
flattened spines
baffled masses
boiling in flood water
without a float or fire hose
debris the nature
of our lives
litter spewed lies
cardiac arrests
and bumpstock
babies wailing
for relief
mourning the cliff
drop body slam
reality show
spectacle –
demolition derby democracy.
who’ll wear the crown?

A Grayson is a freelance writer and concerned citizen. Her poems and essay have been published in Peregrine Journal, Walrus, CounterPunch, Munyori Journal, We’ve Got Some Things to Say, Women in a Golden State and others. Read other articles by A.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.