Poetry fans, what do you think of this one?

Question

(I wrote it in 2004 +/-, the first time I saw him speak).

For Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald.

The legend lives on from the Beltway on down
Of the big fake they call Richard Cheney
The man, it is said, never thinks of our dead
When the skies of November turn rainy.

With a Haliburton score - $100 billion or more
Those oilmen sure made it sound urgent
Our good soldiers would die in the blink of a lie
And the bombs of Iraqi insurgents…

Concluding the terms with some Saudi oil firms
They left fully loaded for Baghdad
But later they’d find as they left men behind
The right armor just wasn’t to be had

Freedom’s the pride of America’s side
But why are the guilty forgotten?
Our brave daughters and sons and their army of one
Are not fighting Osama Bin Ladin

As criminals go ours are bigger than most
But we’re hopeful and now there’s a reason
An untouchable man’s doing all that he can
May they all go on trial for treason!

Keenu, of course - feel free and thank you so much.

Answer 1

I think it is an awesome poem. I am going to put it on my fridge...with your permission, of course!
Keep up the good work.

Answer 2

I love the "Fitzgerald" connection! We can only hope.

Someone called it seditious--I disagree.


That Cheney is either a deliberate liar or is incapable of discerning between belief and fact, thus incompetent to remain in the order of succession.

Answer 3

the poem you wrote
is just another reason
that this country has become
like a deer in hunting season

people forget that muslims
want us dead
want to turn our streets of gold
into rivers of our blood-red

they will sit and wait
while the dems ands libs debate
how to give away the nation
much to their elation

wake up quickly
and see the real threat
fight the muslims that want to kill us
and watch your kids grow up - i bet!!

Answer 4

I think it is covered as free speech.
It is also seditious.
You have forgotten the difference between disagreement/dissent/protest vs. sedition.

Fortunately, we have free speech as well.

America hating is no longer cool.

Answer 5

Keep your day job, if you have one....Your poetry stinks of Liberalism

Answer 6

I think it is so full of lies that it must have been written by a liberal.