Cuba Waits

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LATIN AMERICA

 

Cuba Waits

 

The threat hangs in the air

The example of Caracas

It could happen anywhere

When there is no mutual trust

 

Now they wait in great fear

The beast looms like a terror

It comes nearer and nearer

They can hear the beast roar

 

They are not the dark knight

They do not attack others

They do not seek a fight

They would like to be brothers

 

They are different from us

They’re a socialist nation

They all ride the same bus

They all use the same station

 

They are not a democracy

That is a great shame

They are in essence an autocracy

And for that there is blame

 

Yet they work for their own

For the progress of all

They do not walk alone

And they don’t need a wall

 

Another war of choice

In our own backyard

Would silence their voice

It would go down hard

 

Vengeance

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN POLITICS

 

Vengeance

 

Vengeance is the beating heart of evil

He remembers when you gave a look

His vengeance is financial and legal

It’s the tactic of the worst of crooks

 

He despises all who went to finer schools

Who scored higher on the tests

He’ll condemn them for following the rules

And proclaim he was the best of the best

 

If you ever dared accuse him of a crime

It is etched in his stone-cold heart

He’ll sue you and take your last dime

That’s the genuine deal of the art

 

When realized his vengeance sustains him

It is sweeter than a waterfall of gold

No army of lawyers can constrain him

He’ll explain that your house has been sold

 

His vengeance is the key to his being

It’s more precious to him than his wife

If he’s on you, you’d better start fleeing

Vengeance is the love of his life

 

 

Datong Mining Disaster

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL WARMING

 

Datong Mining Disaster

 

Ninety dead on the evening news

The number may be growing

Disasters come in threes and twos

Our vulnerability showing

 

Coal kills when you dig it out

It kills when you burn it down

No one should have any doubt

It should be left beneath the ground

 

Datong is just the latest

In a series of coal explosions

Not the worst and not the greatest

In a state of mass erosion

 

In this modern day and age

No human should go under

It’s not worth a decent wage

Why we still do it is a wonder

 

The day has come to let it go

The way of video rental stores

Let’s have no more of burning coal

Let’s close that rusted door

 

Let’s find our way to sunlight

And other renewable forms

That free us from our deadly plight

And moderate our giant storms

 

 

The Silence of America

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  UKRAINE

 

The Silence of America

 

As Russia launched a devastating attack

Into the beating heart of Ukraine

Zelensky pleaded with the world to strike back

To make their collective outrage plain

 

London, Berlin and the European Union

Condemned the blatant escalation

The free world stood in communion

All except one lonely nation

 

The silence of America was loud

Like a shot in the quiet of night

Vladimir Putin must have been proud

He has silenced America’s might

 

The world must revise its alliance

NATO and all free nations

In light of America’s silence

They can hardly expect salvation

 

They know that this can’t last forever

This aversion to freedom’s cause

The nation from its roots is severed

Not forever but just for a pause

 

America will be herself again

We can only wait and pray

Greater than we’ve ever been

A nation that will not stray

 

 

Netanyahu's War

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: IRAN WAR

 

Netanyahu’s War

 

Netanyahu’s doing all he can

To defeat the cause of peace

That is the constant Israeli plan

He wants them all deceased

 

Trump has tired of the war

He wants to open up the Strait

He can’t remember what it’s for

There’s too much on his plate

 

But Bebe’s war will never end

As long as he’s in power

He will not break, he will not bend

Not a minute, not an hour

 

Bombs will fall on Lebanon

As long as he is able

Until the last of them is gone

Peace is off the table

 

He will sabotage negotiations

Like a cog in the machine

A total breakdown of relations

There’s war in every scene

 

Get rid of him before too long

And there’s no way back again

The warmongers are much too strong

Their wars will never end

 

 

Memorial Day Remembrance

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WAR

 

Memorial

 

A day of remembrance

For those we lost in war

We remember their sacrifice

Their loved ones will mourn

 

And all of us will wonder

What might or could have been

If not for the blunders

Of so many powerful men

 

For wars are a matter of choice

That the powerful will make

When they cannot find a voice

That war would forsake

 

We remember the bravery

Of those who chose to fight

Against evil and slavery

Through the darkest of nights

 

They offered their lives

To protect and defend

So that others might thrive

For the greater good of men

 

This day we remember

And we remember them well

We lower the flags

And ring the church bells

 

 

Around the World

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  THE RESISTANCE

 

Around the World

 

We’re pulling troops from Germany

We’ve putting them in Poland

Berlin becomes our frenemy

Greenland becomes our No Land

 

Putin follows Trump to Beijing

They’re losing their respective wars

Britain travels on our wing

We still don’t know what for

 

The King addressed our Commons House

He set our leaders straight

The opposition party was aroused

You can’t lead this world with hate

 

Our president goes back on attack

Now he wants two billion bucks

Republicans at last push back

This time he’s out of luck

 

The ever-shifting goals of war

Are looking worse and worse

We’d like it like it was before

We’ve heard the people curse

 

The Pope is speaking out for peace

Our president is incensed

He wouldn’t give the Pope a feast

His patience has been spent

 

The world is standing up as one

For peace and human rights

This reign of horrors must be done

It’s time to stand and fight

 

 

Outrage

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: TRUMP

 

Outrage

 

The outrage is palpable

For what happened that day

The president is culpable

He will take it to his grave

 

He pardoned all their sins

Now he promises rewards

The story goes to he who wins

Those who lose lay down their swords

 

They have pulled a billion dollars

And over half a billion more

From the workers with blue collars

To foment a civil war

 

If he didn’t hold the power

He would spend his days in jail

Or he’d be hiding in his tower

Against his enemies he’d rail

 

But power gives you money

To wash away your crimes

You laugh as if it’s funny

You got away with it this time

 

And your party lets you do it

They cannot find their tongues

They pretend that they eschew it

Yet they hold on to that rung

 

(DOJ awards $1.8 billion to a

Trump controlled commission.)

 

 

Demolition Man (Modi)

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS

 

Demolition Man *

 

The demolition man

Is doing all he can

To reach the unreachable

To touch the untouchables

To send them all away

Where they’ll go he can’t say

Anywhere but here

He’ll drive them out with fear

He will not let them stand

He’s the demolition man

 

He has made his decision

They do not share his religion

They stand out in opposition

He offers nothing but derision

He destroys where they live

They have nothing left to give

They are not worth freeing

They’re less than human beings

Send them off to Pakistan

He’s the demolition man

 

He is racist to the core

He’s not afraid of civil war

But the people are afraid

Of the evil plans he’s made

They see him and his friends

Pushing hard until they bend

This is not how it should be

At last the truth they see

They will stop him if they can

He’s the demolition man

 

* Narendra Modi of India

 (Published on Dissident Voice 24 May 2026.) 

 

Elements

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL WARMING

 

Elements

 

The wind, the rain, the snow

The elements of the earth

That which flourishes and grows

The dying and rebirth

 

The heat of summer sun

It rises to a pitch

For cover creatures run

The changes are so rich

 

A chain of thunderstorms

Twisters, grim tornadoes

When cold invades the warm

The four winds rise and blow

 

A flood on city streets

A storm across the plains

We surrender in defeat

A torrential wall of rain

 

Mother nature is our friend

And our worst adversary

We work to make amends

That burden we must carry

 

Taking Venezuela

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS

 

Taking Venezuela

 

Trump wants more real estate

That’s what America should do

He wanted Greenland as the 51^st state

Now he wants Venezuela too

 

He believes the people love him

Everywhere he sets his sights

There is no greater one above him

He is the guardian of the light

 

But the people do not feel that way

Though at times they may accede

They understand an ego play

They appreciate his greed

 

But they won’t give up their nation

To appease his grandiose plans

Their right to self-determination

They won’t fail to make a stand

 

Do not discount a people’s pride

They remember who they are

They won’t be taken for a ride

They remember Bolivar

 

Starmer V. Farage

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: BRITAIN

 

Starmer V. Farage

 

Farage won this round

But the battle is not done

The European side is down

But the war has not been won

 

Starmer will hold steady

In a parliament of many

The old guard is not ready

To change the euro for the penny

 

Two opposing parties is insufficient

To express the people’s will

The entire system is deficient

Like a mountain for a hill

 

The young will push ahead

The old will fade away

A reunion will be bred

They’ll regret the day they strayed

 

The party leader may be new

Yet the cause remains the same

Britain yearns for Europe too

In something more than just a name

 

Trump and Xi

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS

 

Trump and Xi

 

Trump against Xi

It’s checkers versus chess

Trump laughing with glee

While Xi holds it to his vest

 

The world’s most powerful men

Have a great deal to discuss

Like a rooster to a hen

Like a train to a local bus

 

How’s your war in Iran?

Xi says with sly grin

We are already gone

That’s the way we will win

 

But the Strait is still closed

All the world is enraged

We’ve all suffered the blows

From the war you’ve engaged

 

Get out while you still can

Save your party and your face

But I am the greatest man!

You are a man in disgrace

 

 

Killer Virus

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: HEALTH

 

Killer Virus

 

Another killer virus is inevitable

And we are not prepared

We’re particularly susceptible

To one that carries through the air

 

We’ve cut funding to World Health

We need more money for war

We’ve misappropriated our wealth

To things we don’t need anymore

 

We don’t need to cause great harm

We don’t need weapons of war

We need to banish deadly arms

We need allies on distant shores

 

If this hantavirus is not the one

The one is coming down the line

Devastation will have its run

We are observing all the signs

 

When it comes we won’t be ready

We’ll be scrambling to respond

The Europeans will hold steady

But our structure will be gone