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One lazy summer afternoon, sitting in the shade on our patio, I wrote this poem, which was published today in Issue 56 of the Lowestoft Chronicle, “perspectives on travel & the like…” I love their ‘mission’ which is ‘to form a global “think tank” of inquisitive, worldly scribblers, collectively striving towards excellence and, if possible, world domination.’

I like to think I’m the inquisitive type but world domination just might be a stretch. Shrug. We shall see.

In the meantime, here’s the link to my poem we live near the airport. I hope you’ll like it!

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a burgeoning drip of authoritarianism rages

while a false tutelage charms the horde

hide-bound, they seek what’s been sold

the angry, the put-upon, the disenfranchised

(or so they’ve been preached to, again & again)

they proclaim, they defend, they implore

they beseech their new godhead, the one—

the anointed, the sign tells us, letters spray-painted

in glittering gold, come to save us all

to heal what ails us, the evil that lurks

in the liberal hearts of castigators & nonbelievers,

courageous, unfettered minds cognizant

of the danger, those who dare rail

against the utter stupidity of this despicable man