RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS
Blank Slate (Tabula Rasa)
Wipe the slate clean
It must be done
The system has turned
The fruit is rotten
Throw it all out
Begin again
A nation gone astray
Contamination of the whole
A people grown afraid
A poisoning of the soul
Wipe it clean
Submerge it in disinfectant
Kill everything that breathes
Except the children
Spare the innocent
Eliminate the rest
Except the parents
Who care for the children
And the animals
Who bear no blame
And those who have no names
And those who meant no harm
Who only went along
Because they didn’t have
The guts or the strength to say no
Wipe it clean
Take no prisoners
Show no mercy
Throw it out with the trash
Before it builds a tower
To the moon
And back again
Wipe the slate clean
Tabula rasa
Or at least pretend we did
And start all over
With fresh eyes
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