a long dark winter
greets America
like the grimmest
of the reapers
scythe sharpened by
the tongue
of the trumpeted
antichrist
and hell-bound
religious right
who ignore
the death-knells
ringing like laughter
from the bellies
of her enemies…
the final breath
of freedom
the rotting corpse
of democracy
drained of justice
for eternity
blood of martyrs
spilled in vain
Pella, Iowa '20
