The pyramid has now been inverted
The pharaoh Mubarak has been deposed
By the downtrodden who have asserted
Their rights for now against what is imposed
Meanwhile Washington gathers behind closed
Doors in the White House, as ever, minded
To influence the outcome, with the most
Important objective they've decided
Israel's safety, perhaps isolated
By populist risings that have started
In Tunisia, spread east to Egypt, those
Other old regimes, Libya, Syria... Could
The contagion of freedom quickly spread
Around the Middle East, all unopposed?
Ah, news poems, are you influenced by my new tome by any chance? I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteLots of feminine endings here - inverted, minded ... all those d's at the end, what sound repetition! It seems to fit the subject matter.
Thanks Jude- interesting comments, to be sure!
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