~ The Poet's Place Cafe~

Until yesterday I was having trouble thinking of a pet peeve that was strong enough to torture me in hell. I don't know if this is a "peeve" but it is torture to watch this behavior from afar. I believe in the right of peaceful protest and have done so myself. But NO cause excuses that which I saw yesterday. This is my knee-jerk reaction.

"Hang Them" 

Another nation's flag
flying in my flag's stead,
the proud stars and stripes
crumpled to ground as if dead.
My country's own children
defiling what I hold dear,
symbols of hard-won freedom
while they jeer and cheer.

Rage and disgust rise
up from my very core.
In despair, I shout, wipe
them from this shore.
                    ~~Judi Van Gorder