22nd May 2018

may blossom
cast at high speed
peony petals

© Rachel Green 2018

sending love

she writes it everywhere
thinking it endears her
to the recipient
Does she think the victims
of the Grenfell fire
are soothed by her ten seconds?
I think they'd prefer some positive action
by the government who skimped on the regulations
then offloaded the blame
on the previous incumbent
(he's already retired so that's okay)
Unconsciously,
she echoes the orangeman
thinking of you
as if that's a viable solution
to the seventeenth school shooting
in eighteen weeks.
Thinking of you,
and how much the NRA
lines my personal pocket.
A small sacrifice of thirty kids
for another personal billion.

© Rachel Green 2018