Now, at Last, the Time of Reckoning

July 3, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics in honor of Independence Day (USA), which will be celebrated tomorrow, July 4^th.

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A political poem about the next recession or depression:

Now, at last, the time of reckoning.

It had to come. You knew that, didn't you?

After all, nothing can't be something

Even when its stock is on the rise.

Now the panic after the delusion,

The great big yawning pit within the heart.

One sees disaster happening and wonders,

Regrets, resolves, recriminates, sits tight.

O Lord, what will happen now? The hunger,

People on the streets and on the move.

The last depression blossomed into Hitler.

What flowers will this rain of terror bring?

One thing now we know for sure -- again:

That greed unfettered is a luxury car

Without a steering wheel, a mighty engine

That moves us forward into death and pain.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Politics

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7/3: Now, at Last, the Time of Reckoning