January 2021 – Mannino Acid

Across the Aisle

Right here and now at this place in time We come to a scene quite surreal Searching for somewhere to pin this crime With no care for how others may feel Sprung from bowels of misconception Awash in the pettifog of war Rung bells of intended deception At such levels never heard before And thereContinue reading “Across the Aisle”

The Cave

In the “Allegory of the Cave,” Plato describes a society that has spent their existence unknowingly imprisoned beneath the ground, with only the play of shadows across the walls providing content for their existence. They regard these shadows as absolute truth, never knowing there is a more tangible reality behind them. They spend their livesContinue reading “The Cave”

Bye Bye Tweety Turd

Your wings have now been clipped Your mouth now tightly closed It’s time to fade to black Your fraud’s now been exposed Your bully pulpit’s done Deplatformed front to back Your last incitement crashed As your scene fades to black Failed and fallen clown king A legacy disgraced Followers abandoned Leadership now replaced You playedContinue reading “Bye Bye Tweety Turd”