Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Reflections from the Newsreel 19: Repeal

"...The time has to come to hurt the voiceless..."

Repeal

The hour is near,
and the puppets dance
as the orange monkey tweets
sound, fury, and hate.
The time has to come
to hurt the voiceless.
The poor, the old, the sick,
all will know pain with the vote.
Taking away humanity,
one piece at a time,
until all is left
is ground meat on the floor.
Ignorance is a disease,
and there is no cure.
Progress is hitting the brakes,
as we reverse to the 50s.
There will be no rights,
no kindness left to spare.
The band will play on,
citizens blinded by fear.
The baboon will dance,
Putin will smile.
And we'll be no closer to truth,
cause we lost it long ago.






Article © Carl Wade Thompson. All rights reserved.
Published in the March 27, 2017 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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