Thursday, September 13, 2012

Dear Political Candidates


"Not the Other Party"
is not enough.
If you're ready to put
an actual menu on the table,
I'm past hungry; but I'm not
ordering Chef's Surprise.
No a la carte either;
I want the whole meal explained:
the good, bad, and ugly.
Put-up or shut-up!

I want to hear less about
why I should be afraid of
your opponent and more about
how you will remove the boulder
of purchased self-interest that
sits atop the accelerator
as we careen toward the cliff!

Two parties seem to have created
this suicidal mega-electromagnet.
Where are we going to find
the neutrons necessary
to set a course toward sanity?


© 2012 Todd Jenkins

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