RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
Parade of Pariahs
In the parade of pariahs
Showing solidarity with the beast of brutality
from the northern empire
The most surprising of these is
Lula da Silva of Brazil
We expect little of those nations that live
in the shadow of the former Soviet empire
We expect little of the Chinese dictator
We expect nothing less from those who
survive at the mercy of Russian military aid
But we expect better of Lula
The elder statesman who revived Brazilian democracy
The man who defeated the Trumpian tyrant wannabe
Even Modi of India refused the embarrassment
of associating with the world’s leading oppressors
The republic of the United States of America is
suffering at the moment but we have not stooped
to the level of Vladimir Putin
It is you who should be embarrassed now
You betray your own democratic ideals
You give legitimacy to the invasion of Ukraine
Step back, Lula da Silva, and reevaluate
Russian oil and military aid is not worth the
sacrifice of sacred principles