RATHER

RATHER

send me to Hell
rather than Israel

put with the wicked wicked,
thrice wicked poets
and beloved philosophers
who got everything wrong
with every evil
left-winger
who went to extremes
to get justice for humanity

not with oligarchs and Presidents
and chief
executive officers
of Corporate entities
and those whose mouthings
about
and tinkerings with
the dream of democracy

led to
the crushing of humanity
beneath such unconscionable power

send
me

to Hell

rather than to Israel

IN STYLE

IN STYLE

well
Mr Pulitzer

find it a surprise
to find you so
forthcoming

declare nakedly
truth is not one
of your virtues

for what good
is truth
if it do
not help the cause

feed the tribe
who need you
to step up
to the plate

put
your credibility
on line

add your special
award winning gloss
to the vicious lie

your reputation
such that
facts are
irrelevant

and with a tale this
lurid can really
run with it

nothing quite stokes
demand for vengeance

like the most
outrageous, vicious lie

so well
concocted
the rest
is immaterial

supreme triumph
of the right of style