When we bombed the Garden of Eden,
the smoldering ruins of Iran
became just another installment
on the Seven Country Plan.
Cast your votes with the missiles
of mass manufactured greed!
But Democracy comes from the heart—
it is the Wisdom of Equality.
Whitman and Ratnasambhava join hands.
When push comes to shove,
no map in the Situation Room
can target the United States of Love.
Lee Evans lives in Bath, Maine and has published thirteen books of poetry, samples of which can be read on his blog: https://theroadstopshere.blogspot.com/