necesito patience

the shadow of your lashes
clashes with
mine
fine then
let us miss
the agony
of missed kisses
wished wishes
(kissed wishes
wished kisses
dished dishes)
let us kiss
and miss
the agony.
-reet sool

citylights

Pity the Nation
(After Khalil Gibran)
pity the nation whose people are sheep
and whose shepherds mislead them
pity the nation whose leaders are liars
whose sages are silenced
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves
pity the nation that raises not its voice
except to praise conquerers
and acclaim the bully as hero
and aims to rule the world
by force and by torture
pity the nation that knows
no other language but its own
and no other culture but its own
pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms be washed away
-Lawrence Ferlinghetti