Peter Lewis, a teacher of great dedication
Three Ages of a Mosaic Land

Mercy as

LINDSAY F BOND

@andertoon
Cartoon by @andertoon

Mercy rhyme on scene of rising doubt.
If by mouthing threat or broaching

one trumpet sounds aught but ask,
mayhem murks ensued discourse
thus much trumped of warrants bask,
If a bishop advocates mercy

as did Mariann Edgar Budde
in earnest provocation plead
pressed a polite humane thud(-dei),
If Sewell somewhat is political

as was sought in god-well dressage,
gesturing grateful incantation
invocating divinely ‘free’ message,
If a court transparent at Seattle

attests citizenships’, birth to last,
gifts families of said immigrants,
affirmed amendment rite of clasp,
If mouthed timbred tone on Canada

rolls lumbered barrel-like cask
on Pleistocene north-east settlement
sixteen decades confederate past,
If glaring’s to infer authority

and smirk conceals to mask
by metonymic headings still
how long should eschews last,
If bask is put so prevalent

yet folk kind of follow feigns,
those folk ought ask themselves who bask
with presumer’s wield on reins.
["I don't hate the president,
and I pray for him," Budde said]

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