a putrid stench surrounds us,

the willful piss of greed spreads

a dark watermark that seeps and

stains every facet of our lives

two bullies seek to divide the spoils

wipe their filthy boots clean upon

someone else’s precious land,

once a proud protector, now rotten

at the core, yellow mollifies the hunger

of red, a vengeful beast, who feasts

upon another’s defenseless flesh,

yellow busy digging pearls as

self-sought recompense gloats with

pride and avarice at this day’s work,

two evil bullies red and yellow whose

untimely end will shortly come

© Graham R Sherwood 03/25