Boomerang

by Shawn Reagan / June 22nd, 2025

Who cares if it was stolen
or not.
Maybe this is all that we deserve.
Foucault’s boomerang,
and all that we’ve done,
finally
come back around.
We’ve trampled this world,
   breaking it
   to our benefit.
Countries, economies,
Families, homes,
Battered and broken.
Yet we’re still here struggling
   in spite of it.
We’ve been the bully,
   now it’s come back around.
With American boots,
   on American ground.

Shawn Reagan is a poet and teacher from Minnesota. His work focuses on social justice and life with bipolar 2. His poems have appeared in New Verse News, Tadpole Press, and The Ekphrastic Review, among others. Read other articles by Shawn.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.